Research Article

Adsorption-Oxidation Mechanism of δ-MnO2 to Remove Methylene Blue

Table 1

The physicochemical properties of δ-MnO2.

Sample (m2/g)a (m2/g)b (m2/g)c (cm3/g)dAOSMneCompositionpHZPCf

δ-MnO289.813.975.90.0423.86K0.21MnO2.03(H2O)0.711.78

aBET surface area; bmicropore surface area; cexternal surface area; dmicropore volume obtained from -plots; emanganese average oxidation state; fzero point charge.