Journal
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS
Volume 104, Issue -, Pages 418-425Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2013.06.003
Keywords
Activated carbon; Chemical activation; Phosphoric acid; Zinc chloride; Acacia mangium wood
Funding
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
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The acidic chemical activating agents have a significant effect on surface area formation and surface functional groups during activation of lignocellulosic materials into activated carbon (AC). The aim of this study is to find out the changes occurring in Acacia mangium wood-based activated carbons during activation with phosphoric acid (H3PO4) and zinc chloride (ZnCl2). The surface area of the formed phosphoric acid treated A. mangium wood activated carbon (AC-H3PO4) and zinc chloride treated A. mangium wood activated carbon (AC-ZnCl2) were determined by physical adsorption of N-2 gas at -195.65 degrees C. Total Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) surface area has been found to be 1038.77 +/- 4.48 m(2)/g and 957.47 +/- 7.39 m(2)/g for AC-H3PO4 and AC-ZnCl2, respectively. Potentiometric titration was also conducted to find the proton adsorption capacity for AC-H3PO4 and AC-ZnCl2 carbons as -0.9379 mmol/g and 0.0006 mmol/g, respectively. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used for surface functional group identification, and powder X-ray diffraction was used for crystalline structure study of the prepared activated carbon. Surface morphology and elemental constituents of the activated carbons were done by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Carbon content of AC-H3PO4 and AC-ZnCl2 was found to be 76.2% and 76.6% by weight, respectively. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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