Synthesis of activated carbon from spent tea leaves for aspirin removal

• Main Authors: Wong, Syieluing, Lee, Yowjeng, Ngadi, Norzita, Inuwa, Ibrahim Mohammed, Mohamed, Nurul Balqis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chemical Industry Press 2018
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84374/1/NorzitaNgadi2018_SynthesisofActivatedCarbon.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84374/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjche.2017.11.004

Adsorption capacity of activated carbon prepared from spent tea leaves (STL-AC) for the removal of aspirin from aqueous solution was investigated in this study. Preliminary studies have shown that treatment with phosphoric acid (H3PO4) increased removal efficiency of STL-AC. Characterizations on STL...