Abstract—This work looks more specifically at the effect of agriculture material source on its physico-chemical properties. Seven date stone (DS) samples were collected from north (N-DS) and south (S-DS) of Libya. Chemical activation method was used to prepare activated carbon from DS (ACDS). The pH, conductivity and ash content varied in the order of N-ACDS>S-ACDS. The moisture content of ACDS samples were in the range of 3.89 to 10.4%. The bulk densities of ACDS samples were ranged from 0.271 to 0.549 g cm
-3. The pH of ACDS samples were slightly acidic to neutral in nature ranged from 4.51 to 7.15. The functional groups present on the surface of DS samples were similar but their intensities were different. The findings in this research suggest that the biomasses from different source influence their physical and chemical properties, which affect their applications differently.
Index Terms—Activated carbon, date stone, physical-chemical properties.
Mohamed Erhayem and Mohammed Elhmmali are with the Chemistry Department at University of Sebha, Sebha, Libya (e-mail: irhim2002@yahoo.co.uk).
Ragwan Mohamed is with Chemistry Department at University Sirte, Sirte, Libya (e-mail: ragwan3000@yahoo.com).
Osama Ghmeid is with the Scientific Laboratory at University of Sebha, Sebha, Libya.
Abobaker Eljelane is with the Agriculture Department at University of Sirte, Sitre, Libya.
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Cite: Mohamed Erhayem, Ragwan Mohamed, Osama Ghmeid, Abobaker Eljelane, and Mohammed Elhmmali, "Effect of Activated Carbon Source from Date Stone on Its Physico-Chemical Properties," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 178-181, 2016.
