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The preparation of activated carbons from chips of oil palm trunk catalysed by ZnCl 2 /CO 2 : Surface area and porosity studies
Author(s) -
Hussein Mohd Zobir,
Zainal Zulkarnian,
Ibrahim Ramli,
Kheong Kohr K.,
Muhammad Badri
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.280640107
Subject(s) - palm oil , porosity , activated carbon , materials science , zinc , chemical engineering , specific surface area , trunk , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , adsorption , composite material , catalysis , botany , food science , engineering , biology
Activated carbons were prepared by ZnCl 2 /CO 2 activation of the chips of oil trunk. The surface area and the nature of the porosity of the resulting activated carbons were found to be related to the concentration of the impergnated zinc solution to the precursor. It is possible to prepare activated carbons with a fairly high surface area (more than 2000 m 2 g −1 ) from chips of oil palm trunk.