Preparation of Activated Carbon from Fruits of Balanitis aegyptiaca

Abstract

This study aims to explore utilization of the fruits of Balanites aegyptiaca tree , which is wide spread in Sudan , in production of activated charcoal . Also this study involved treatment of the produced charcoal with NaOh and test both the NaOh treated and un treated charcoal for their adsorption of the catioin Pb , Zn and Cr by atomic absorption technique and conductivity measurement . The result showed that charcoal was effective in adsorbing all the three cations from their solutions . lead ion was adsorbed by charcoal to greater extent compared to chromium and zinc . Also the result showed that treated charcoal by sodium hydroxide possesses higher efficiency than untreated charcoal .