The production of activated carbon (AC) from lignocellulosic biomass through chemical activation is gaining global attention due to its scalability, economic viability, and environmental advantages. Chemical activation offers several benefits, including energy efficiency, reduced carbonization time, and lower temperature requirements. In this study, potassium hydroxide (KOH) was employed for chemical activation, resulting in activated carbon with a high specific surface area of ~3050 m²/g. The structural analysis revealed the presence of graphitized carbon in the activated carbon matrix, accounting for over 15%. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique was employed to investigate the activated carbon derived from rice husk (RH). The potential applications of activated carbon obtained from rice husks through chemical activation were explored, including its use for heavy metal removal, elimination of organic pollutants, and as an active material in hybrid energy storage devices. Furthermore, a scaling methodology for the production of activated carbon was proposed, facilitating its industrial implementation.

At the research reactor WWR-K (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Ministry of Energy, Almaty, Kazakhstan) work on the creation of a new experimental facility for research using neutron radiography...

The rock fabric of two lamprophyre dike samples from the Koy-Tash granitoid intrusion (Koy-Tash, Jizzakh region, Uzbekistan) has been studied, using the neutron tomography method. We have performed virtual segmentation of the reconstructed 3D model of the tabular igneous intrusion and the corresponding determination of dike margins orientation. Spatial distributions of inclusions in the dike volume, as well as further analysis of size distributions and shape orientations of inclusions, have been obtained. The observed shape preferred orientations of inclusions as evidence of the magma flow-related fabric. The obtained structural data have been discussed in the frame of the models of rigid particle motion and the straining of vesicles in a moving viscous fluid.