SUMMARY Ketapang tree that has grown around the University of Riau give ketapang shell which difficult to degradation. In other side, ketapang sell contained carbon which can use as adsorbent. This research was used ketapang shell (Terminalia Catappa L.) as an adsorbent through the process of carbonization of ketapang seeds into biocharcoal. The carbonization has been carried out at 400 °C fo…