Study of Dielectric and Adsorption Properties of Activated Carbon Prepared from Water Hyacinth using KOH as an Activating Agent

  • Mochammad Ghiffari Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Jember
  • Wenny Maulina Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Jember
  • Agung Tjahjo Nugroho Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Jember
DOI: https://doi.org/10.19184/cerimre.v3i1.26417

Abstract

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.

Published
2020-05-02
How to Cite
GHIFFARI, Mochammad; MAULINA, Wenny; NUGROHO, Agung Tjahjo. Study of Dielectric and Adsorption Properties of Activated Carbon Prepared from Water Hyacinth using KOH as an Activating Agent. Computational And Experimental Research In Materials And Renewable Energy, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 1, p. 38-46, may 2020. ISSN 2747-173X. Available at: <https://jurnal.unej.ac.id/index.php/CERiMRE/article/view/26417>. Date accessed: 29 apr. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.19184/cerimre.v3i1.26417.
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