Study of Dielectric and Adsorption Properties of Activated Carbon Prepared from Water Hyacinth using KOH as an Activating Agent
Date
2020-05-02Author
GHIFFARI, Mochammad
MAULINA, Wenny
NUGROHO, Agung Tjahjo
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Activated carbon can be produced from the combustion of a materials containing carbon that
has been activated using activator substances. In this paper, potassium hydroxide (KOH) was selected as
an activating agent. The influence of KOH concentration was investigated to determine the dielectric and
adsorption properties of activated carbon derived from water hyacinth. Drying water hyacinth was
carbonize in the furnace at a temperature of 400°C followed by chemical activation with variation
concentration of KOH solution that used are 25%, 30%, and 35% (w/v) respectively. The results show
that the best activated carbon derived from water hyacinth was obtained using 35% (w/v) KOH solution as
an activating agent with the dielectric constant is 4.04 while iodine number of 514.6 mg/g.
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