Research Article

Removal of Hexavalent Chromium by Using Sustainable Green Materials as Low-Cost Adsorbents

Table 4

The BET results of three types of tea residues before and after NaOH treatment.

Green teaNaOH-treated green teaPu-erhNaOH-treated pu-erhTieguanyinNaOH-treated tieguanyin

BET surface area (m2 g-1)0.560.410.281.610.361.08
The average pore diameter (nm)14.6511.5323.9017.7515.4514.11