Phosphoric acid activation of sugarcane bagasse for removal of o-toluidine and benzidine

M R, M Adib and M H, M N Attahirah and A R, M Amirza (2018) Phosphoric acid activation of sugarcane bagasse for removal of o-toluidine and benzidine. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES), 140. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1755-1307

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Abstract

In the effort to find alternatives for low cost adsorbent, activated carbon using sugarcane bagasse (SBAC) has been introduced in this study that has undergo chemical treatment using phosphoric acid to determine the effectiveness of adsorption process in removing otoluidine and benzidine. Throughout this study, 92.9% of o-toluidine has been successfully removed by SBAC at optimum value of 1.1 g of dosage with contact time of 10 minutes and concentration of 10 mg/L. While benzidine was remove by 83.1% at optimum dosage of 1.1 g with 60 minutes of contact time and at 20 mg/L concentrations. Testing of SEM proves that SBAC has high porosity and comparable to CAC. In FTIR results, shows that CAC has high number of double bond while SBAC shows no double bond at all. Presence of double bond in CAC lead to increase in percentage of removal of adsorbate. After considering other factor such as cost, energy and environmental friendly, it shows that SBAC was considerable to replaced CAC.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	NIL
Subjects:	T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering > TD201-500 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes > TD429.5-480.7 Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion
Divisions:	Faculty of Civil Engineering and Built Environment > Department of Civil Engineering : Water and Environmental Engineering
Depositing User:	Miss Afiqah Faiqah Mohd Hafiz
Date Deposited:	24 Nov 2021 04:33
Last Modified:	24 Nov 2021 04:33
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/4072

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