Table 2.
Chemical composition, BET surface area, and micropore volume of calcined cogon grass.
| Composition (% wt.) | Calcined at 600 °C |
Calcined at 700 °C |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 h | 4 h | 2 h | 4 h | |
| SiO2 | 97.30 | 97.70 | 97.70 | 97.50 |
| P2O5 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.70 | 0.72 |
| CaO | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| Fe2O3 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.26 |
| SO3 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.26 |
| Al2O3 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.19 |
| ZnO | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.15 |
| MgO | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| K2O | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.14 |
| Others | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| BET surface area (m2g−1) | 130 | 108 | 172 | 90 |
| Total pore volume (cm3g−1) | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.45 | 0.34 |