Preparation Activated Carbon from Biji Refinery Asphalt Treated with Sulfur and Waste Polymers

Abstract

The objectives of this work were to develop a modified method to produce activated carbon from system (Asphalt: Polymer). The activated carbon prepared by treated asphalt with two kind of waste polymer in presence sulfur, under fixed laboratory conditions of temperature and time as well as certain percentages of polymers additives, used potassium hydroxide to process primary carbonization and solution (10)% hydrochloric acid to remove any trace of the ions and reduction of the metal components. observed improved adsorption properties of activated carbon prepared by use the polymers compared with model activated carbon prepared from pure asphalt material. Many tests have been conducted on prepared activated carbon such as determining the activity of the samples gained through adsorption measure against the aqueous solutions for iodine and methylene blue. The mechanical resistance has been measured for some prepared samples rather than achieving some other measures such as density, ash content and humidity