Open AccessWaste Tire Carbon Adsorbent for Active Removal of Paracetamol in Aqueous Solution
Author(s) -
Nurfatehah Wahyuny Che Jusoh,
T. Y. Choo,
Ahmad Masudi,
Roshafima Rasit Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1447/1/012050
Subject(s) - calcination , crystallinity , aqueous solution , adsorption , activated carbon , nuclear chemistry , materials science , sodium hydroxide , chemical engineering , carbon fibers , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , composite material , composite number , engineering
Waste tyre carbon adsorbent was prepared via three different calcination temperatures (500°C, 700°C and 900°C) and activated by sodium hydroxide solution. The phase and crystallinity analysis of each adsorbent is determined using X-ray diffraction analysis. The study revealed that different crystallinity of prepared adsorbent were obtained when calcination temperature is varied. Next, the effect of calcination temperature was investigated on the removal of paracetamol in aqueous solution. The highest percentage removal (99.37%) was obtained when the waste tire carbon adsorbent is calcined at 900°C for paracetamol initial concentration of 10 mg/L at pH 3 and 120 mins of contact time. In this case, the result obtained can be contributed to the production of adsorbent using waste tire with suitable calcination temperature for the paracetamol removal in aqueous solution.