Fly ash is one of the by-products of a palm oil mill. Fly ash contains silica which can be used as a raw material for zeolite synthesis. ZSM-5 has been synthesized through the alkali-hydrothermal fusion method. Synthesis is done by first calcining palm oil fly ash at a temperature of 700oC for 6 hours, then dissolving it in 1N hydrochloric acid and filtering it. Fly ash is then washed with dist…