Abstract: Karanj trees are grown and planted for extraction of oil from seeds. The shells of the karanj fruits are discarded as waste material. These fruit shells which otherwise had no economic value was used as precursors for preparation of activated charcoal. Acetic acid was used as activating agent. The parameters for activation of precursors such as: concentration of acetic acid, activation time and impregnation ratio was studied. Carbonization of activated material was performed from temperature ranging from 3000C- 4500C.
Keywords: Karanj Fruit shell, Activated charcoal, Activating agent, Carbonization, Impregnation ratio.
Title: KARANJ FRUIT SHELL AS PRECURSOR FOR PREPARATION OF ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
Author: M. Chandrakala, Anima Upadhyay
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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