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Karakteristik Arang Aktif Cangkang Kelapa Sawit Dengan Aktivasi Secara Kimia (NaOH)
Activated charcoal is charcoal that is further processed at high temperatures using carbon dioxide gas, water vapor or chemicals as activators to open the pores of the charcoal, so that it can be used as an adsorbent. One of the materials that can be used in making activated charcoal is a by-product of palm oil processing, namely palm oil shells which have a composition of 26.27% cellulose, 12.61% hemicellulose and 48.90% lignin. This study aims to obtain the characteristics of selected activated charcoal made from palm kernel shells with the help of Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) as an activator. This research was conducted using a completely randomized design (CRD) with five treatments and four replicates. The treatment in this study used 1%; 1.5%; 2%; 2.5% and 3% NaOH concentration. Observations were made on yield, moisture content, ash content, volatile matter content, pure carbon content and iodine uptake. The data obtained were analyzed statistically using IBM SPSS version 23 statistical software with the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, if Fcount ≥ Ftable then the treatment had a significant effect and the analysis was continued with the Duncan multiple range test (DMRT) at the 5% level. The results showed that increasing the concentration of sodium hydroxide used gave a significant effect on the activated charcoal produced. Active charcoal with the best treatment was found in treatment P5 (3% NaOH concentration) with active charcoal yield of 74,54%, moisture content of 4,48%, ash content of 5,13%, volatile substance content of 14,87%, bound carbon content of 75,53% and Iodine absorbency of 862,92 mg/g.
Keywords: palm kernel shell, activated carbon, chemical activation, NaOH
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