Nor Amiera Syahida, Arsyad and Mohammad Khairul Azhar, Abdul Razab and An’amt, Mohamed Noor and Mohd Hazim, Mohamad Amini and Nik Nurul Anis, Nik Yusoff and Zamani, A. H. and Nik Alnur Auli, Nik Yusuf and Mohamad Najmi, Masri and Muhammad Azwadi, Sulaiman and Nor Hakimin, Abdullah (2016) Effect of chemical treatment on production of activated carbon from cocos nucifera L. (Coconut) shell by microwave irradiation method. Journal of Tropical Resources and Sustainable Science, 4 (1). pp. 112-116. ISSN 2289-3946 (print), 2462-2389 (eISSN). (Published)
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Abstract
In recent years, activated carbon has attracted attention among researchers due to its special properties such as high porosity, highly adsorption and low cost. In this research, activated carbon has been successfully produced from the coconut shell by using the microwave irradiation method where zinc chloride (ZnCl2), phosphoric acid (H3PO4) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) were implemented as the activating agents. The results showed that phosphoric acid has the most significant effect on the synthesized activated carbon properties. The optimum parameter for the power of microwave irradiation used was 380 W, impregnation ratio of activating agent to char was 3:1 for phosphoric acid, 2:1 for sodium hydroxide, and for 1:1 zinc chloride while concentration of each activating agents was 0.5 M with 10 minutes of activation time. All samples then were characterized by using, Moisture meter, FTIR-ATR, XRD and TGA in order to determine the functional groups, composition and element and weight loss of the activated carbon. This research could benefit the environment by recycling the agriculture waste into a new useful material as well as to keep the environment safe from pollution.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Activated carbon; Activating agent; Microwave irradiation |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Faculty/Division: | Faculty of Industrial Sciences And Technology |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Norsaini Abdul Samat |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2021 08:52 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2021 08:52 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28365 |
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