Preparation of activated carbon from different plant sources using chemical treatment

ABSTRACT In this work activated carbon has been prepared from different agricultural sources. The process of preparing activated carbon was conducted through carbonization the raw material at 350 C for 3 hrs. The carbonized product were subjected to final step of carbonization by mixing the feed stoke with potassium hydroxide (1:1) (raw materials: KOH) at 55025 C for 3 hrs. The carbon obtained was purified by disttiled water, refluxed with 10 % hydro chloric acid for 2hrs, washed with disttled water and finally dried at 110-120 C for 24 hrs. The activated carbon obtained was evaluated by measuring (Iodine number, methylene blue, humidity content, ash content and Density) and Compared with commercial carbon from B. D. H.