Erratum to: A Comparative Study on Activated Carbons Derived from a Broad Range of Agro-industrial Wastes in Removal of Large-Molecular-Size Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Phase

Erratum to: Water Air Soil Pollut

DOI 10.1007/s11270-015-2474-7

The original publication of this article unfortunately contained errors. The units of two entries in “Abbreviations” and “Greek letters” are wrong.

In Abbreviations, k2, the unit should have been “(g/mg.h)” instead of “mg h)/mg h)”. Also in Abbreviations, mAC, the unit should have been “(g)”, instead of “h))”.

In Greek Letters, ρHg and ρHe, the unit should have been “(g/cm³)” instead of “mg h)/cm³)”.

The corrected Abbreviations and Greek letters list is provided here.

Abbreviations

S _BET :

specific surface area calculated according to the classical BET theory (m²/g)

S _meso :

mesopore surface area calculated according to the modified BET equation (m²/g)

V _intruse :

pore volume determined by high-pressure mercury intrusion (cm³/g)

V _micro :

micropore volume calculated according to the modified BET equation (mm³ _liq/g)

V _net :

net pore volume determined from the nitrogen adsorption isotherm at maximum p/p ₀ (~0.9900) (mm³ _liq/g)

C _modif :

adsorption constant in the first layer calculated according to the modified BET equation (−)

C ₀ :

initial concentration of adsorbate in solution (mg/l)

C _t :

adsorbate concentration in solution at time t (mg/l)

H :

initial adsorption rate as q _t /t approaches 0 (mg/g min)

k ₂ :

pseudo-second-order rate constant (g/mg. h)

m _AC :

mass of activated carbon mg (g)

q _e :

calculated equilibrium adsorption capacity (mg/g)

q _t :

amount adsorbed at time t (mg/g)

t :

adsorption time (h)

V :

total volume of solution (l)

CPH-RM:

cocoa pod husk raw material

CH-RM:

coffee husk raw material

CC-RM:

corncob raw material

MSIP-RM:

internal part of the mango pit (mango seed) raw material

MSEP-RM:

external part of the mango pit (mango seed husk) raw material

CPH-AC:

cocoa pod husk-derived activated carbon

CH-AC:

coffee husk-derived activated carbon

CC-AC:

corncob-derived activated carbon

MSIP-AC:

internal part of the mango pit (mango seed)-derived activated carbon

MSEP-AC:

external part of the mango pit (mango seed husk)-derived activated carbon

Greek Letters

ε :

porosity of material (%)

ρ _Hg :

bulk density of material (g/cm³)

ρ _He :

skeletal density of material (g/cm³)