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Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Vol. 32, NO. 5, pp. 897-904, 1994 Abstract-The activity for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH? (SCR) of a suite of different activated carbons has been studied in the temperature range 373-550 K. The effect of origin (bituminous coal, peat, plum stones, and olive pits), activation agent (steam, CO*), and degree of activation was investigated by activity measurements. In general, the SCR activity, which is relatively high at 373 K, decreases with increasing temperature, and for some carbons increases again above 450 K. Two types of SCR processes are operative. In the lower temperature range, the narrow microporosity affects the rate by increased adsorption of NO, resulting in higher local concentrations. In the higher temperature range, oxygen functional groups determine the SCR activity level. Precursors yielding narrow microporous carbons result in better activities below 450 K. Steam-activated carbons gave higher SCR activity above 450 K than CO?-activated carbons.