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Removal efficiency of methylene blue using activated carbon from waste banana stem: Study on pH influence
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Misran, E. Bani, O. Situmeang, E. M. Purba, A. S. |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Journal: Iop Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science The effort to remove methylene blue in artificial solution had been conducted using adsorption process. The abundant banana stem waste was utilized as activated carbon precursor. This study aimed to analyse the influence of solution pH to removal efficiency of methylene blue using activated carbon from banana stem as adsorbent. Activated carbon from banana stem was obtained by chemical activation using $H_{3}PO_{4}$ solution. Proximate analysis result showed that the activated carbon has 47.22% of fixed carbon. This value exhibited that banana stem was a potential adsorbent precursor. Methylene blue solutions were prepared at initial concentration of 50 ppm. The influence of solution pH was investigated with the use of 0.2 g adsorbent for 100 mL dye solution. The adsorption was conducted using shaker with at a constant rate of 100 rpm at room temperature for 90 minutes. The results showed that solution pH influenced the adsorption. The activated carbon from banana stem demonstrated satisfying performance since removal efficiencies of methylene blue were higher than 99%. |
| Related Links | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/122/1/012085/pdf |
| ISSN | 17551307 |
| e-ISSN | 17551315 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1755-1315/122/1/012085 |
| Journal | Iop Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 122 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
| Publisher Date | 2018-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Iop Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Water Science and Technology Activated Carbon Banana Stem Methylene Blue |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Earth and Planetary Sciences Physics and Astronomy Environmental Science |