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activating reagent

activating reagent

[′ak·tə‚vād·iŋ ‚rē′ā·jənt]
(materials)
Material added to another material or mixture so that a physical or chemical change will take place more rapidly or completely.
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N,N'-carbonyldiimidazole is a useful, general carboxylic acid activating reagent, and its byproduct imidazole can serve as the catalyst.
Activation was carried out in a muffle furnace, using orthophosphoric acid as activating reagent. [18, 22] Exactly 25g of each carbonized product was weighed was placed in a beaker containing 500 [cm.sup.3] of 1.0M solution of orthophosphoric acid.
Activation was carried out in a muffle furnace, using orthophosphoric acid as activating reagent. (Odebunmi and Okeola, 2001; Ogbonnaya, 1992) Exactly 25g of each carbonized product was weighed was placed in a beaker containing 500 [cm.sup.3] of 1.0M solution of orthophosphoric acid.
100g of each portion of purified carbon sample was contacted with 400ml of one molar solution of each activating reagent at 200[degrees]C with stirring for two hours.
The surface pH ranged from acidic to basic depending on the activating reagent used.
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