UJI KUALITAS SINTESIS KARBON AKTIF DARI PELEPAH AREN TERAKTIVASI ASAM FOSFAT

Abstract

Palm fronds which contain a lot of cellulose have the potential to be used as active carbon. There are three
stages in making activated carbon from sugar palm fronds, namely the dehydration process, carbonization
process, and activation process using phosphoric acid activator (H3PO4) with a concentration of 1M at
temperatures of 450°C and 600°C. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of carbonization
temperature on the quality of activated carbon from sugar palm fronds. The activated carbon quality tests
carried out include yield tests, water content tests, ash content tests and iodine absorption tests. The results
of testing the quality of activated carbon showed that optimal conditions were at a temperature of 450°C
with a yield of 22.189%, a water content of 2.562%, a total ash content of 5.86% and an iodine absorption
capacity of 81.423 mg/g.