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The Brunauer\u2013Emmett\u2013Teller and iodine adsorption value of the produced activated carbon could be 924.9 m2 g\u22121 and 1,188 mg g\u22121, respectively. Under the initial Cr(VI) concentration of 10 mg L\u22121 and the original solution pH of 5.8, an adsorption equilibrium was reached after 4 h, and Cr(VI) removal rate was from 78.9 to 100% with an adsorbent's dosage increased from 0.5 to 0.7 g L\u22121. The kinetics and equilibrium data agreed well with the pseudo-second-order kinetics model and the Langmuir isotherm model. 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