SUMMARY Rubber fruit shell (Hevea brasiliensis) is a part of rubber fruit which is not widely used, so it only becomes waste in rubber producing areas. Rubber fruit shell (CBK) has a chemical composition of cellulose, lignin, and hemicellulose as a carbon source that has the potential to be used as an adsorbent. In this study, chemical activation of CBK was carried out using ZnCl2 and physical…