Molecular Biology: Open Access

Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences and Arts, Dhahran Aljanoub, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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  Activated Carbon-Based Date Palm Leaves (Phoenix dactylifera L.), Prepared by Chemical Activations: TGA and DTGA Analyses, Young's Modulus, Porosity and Electrical Conductivity
  Author(s): Fatima Musbah Abbas*, Zehbah Ali Al Ahmad, Rehab Omer Elnour Elgezouly and Abubaker Elsheikh Abdelrahman
  
  Activated carbon pellets (ACPs), precursor (palm leaves) (Phoenix dactylifera L.), are primarily heated at low temperatures and milled into a fine grain powder to produce self-adhesive properties. The grain powders produced were impregnated in KOH solutions having a concentration of 0–0.35 moles (M) and pelletized by applying 12 metric tons of pressure, before being carbonized at 700°C, in a nitrogen environment. The thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal gravimetric analysis (DTGA) were carried out on the pre-carbonized date palm leaves. The results showed that with increasing KOH concentration, the weight loss of the sample markedly decreased. The young modulus (E) showed that 0.25 M has a higher value of 10.6 GPs than the others, indicating better grain particle alignment. The porosity (B) of the AC was estimated .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2168-9547.2023.12.361

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