Synthesis Of Activated Carbon From Waste Raw Material Using 'Buluh Lemang' SCHIZOSCHYUM BRACHYCLADUM

Shafarul, Mustafa (2011) Synthesis Of Activated Carbon From Waste Raw Material Using 'Buluh Lemang' SCHIZOSCHYUM BRACHYCLADUM. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The main objective of this work was to synthesis waste of bamboo as the activated carbon and characterized the activated carbon. The unique of activated carbon commonly known by the principle of adsorptivity which be applied in removing contaminants and odor in the water and air. This has been adopted in many industrial field associated with waste treatment to reduce pollution. The potential of activated carbon has been acknowledge in many publications to efficiently provide adsorption site for this purpose. Hence, in this particular study, the application of activated carbon manufactured from the waste of bamboo (Schizostachyum brachycladum) or better known as buluh lemang amongs the Malay community was investigated. The effect on process variables such as activating agents zinc chloride (ZnCl2) activation temperature, impregnation ratio and carbonization temperature were studied to optimize these parameters. The resulting activated carbon were characterized in terms of iodine number (I2 number) for its adsorptive capacity , Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Brunauer, Emmett, Teller (BET) method were used to provide information on surface area, pore size, types of pore (micropores, mesopores, macropores) and total pore volumes. Result iodine number shows, sample activated carbon, chemical activation(temperature 500ºC, impregnation ratio 1:1) has higher value which is 295 mg/g among others samples. In BET analysis, sample activated carbon, physical activation (500ºC) shows good surface area, 339.1 m2/g and total volume pore, 1.042 cc/g. Lastly, for SEM-EDX data analysis, sample activated carbon, physical activation (600ºC) has higher carbon content, 90.99% (atomic percentage).

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