Determination of Optimum Conditions for the Production of Activated Carbon Derived from Separate Varieties of Coconut Shells

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Carbon sample</td><td class="align_center">Moisture content, %</td><td class="align_center">Ash content, %</td><td class="align_center">Volatile matter, %</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CAC</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">5.28</td><td class="align_center">68.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><span style="width: 12.8231ptpx;"><svg height="11.8174pt" id="M93" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 12.8231 11.8174" width="12.8231pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M578 512C578 619 494 650 387 650H140L134 622C219 615 223 609 210 542L127 119C112 40 104 34 23 28L17 0H235C317 0 387 7 444 33C515 65 564 122 564 195C564 289 495 335 412 352V354C505 373 578 422 578 512ZM486 510C486 422 423 367 314 367H257L294 565C299 591 305 602 315 608C324 614 339 617 362 617C421 617 486 595 486 510ZM466 200C466 100 393 35 296 35C222 35 198 51 212 127L250 333H303C388 333 466 303 466 200Z" id="g113-67"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="601" vert-adv-y="601" xpluscharwidth="7.813"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.748,3.132)"><path d="M414 144C384 79 371 75 317 75H135L276 221C367 316 408 376 408 465C408 570 327 635 237 635C179 635 131 609 100 575L42 494L67 471C94 510 138 565 205 565C277 565 321 517 321 435C321 348 258 270 195 195C146 137 88 81 33 26V0H411C423 44 433 88 446 135L414 144Z" id="g50-51"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="487" vert-adv-y="487" xpluscharwidth="12.17968539"></glyph.data></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center">7</td><td class="align_center">7.2</td><td class="align_center">57</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Physicochemical properties of the synthesized and commercial activated carbons.

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Table 8: Determination of Optimum Conditions for the Production of Activated Carbon Derived from Separate Varieties of Coconut Shells 