Comparative adsorption mechanism of rice straw activated carbon activated with NaOH and KOH

• Main Authors: Mohamad Jani Saad,, Mohd Shaiful Sajab,, Wan Nazri Wan Busu,, Sufian Misran,, Sarani Zakaria,, Siew, Xian Chin, Chin, Hua Chia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16002/1/11.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16002/; https://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid49bil11_2020/KandunganJilid49Bil11_2020.html

Activated carbon (AC) was produced from rice straw via a two-step method. Potassium hydroxide (KOH) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) were used as activating agent. The activated carbon (AC) samples were used as adsorbent to remove methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. Characterizations using a sca...