PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON ORIGINATED FROM Lantana camara Stem | Journal..

In recent years, the use of agricultural waste to produce activated carbon for the adsorption of contaminants from wastewater has gained popularity. The stem of the Lantana camara was used to make activated carbon in this study. The stems of the Lantana camara were cut into smaller pieces, washed, and dried for six days. It was then carbonised at 300°C for 2 hours before being ground into granules and steam activated. The activated LCS was dried in the oven for 24 hours at 105°C and ground to 2 mm mesh sizes. According to the Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis, steam-activated LCS is characterised by stretching vibration (3500–2500 cm-1), stretching vibration (2196 cm-1), and stretching vibration (2196 cm-1) as well as stretching vibration (2196 cm-1) (1682 cm-1). The average pore size of the activated LCS is 20 m, according to Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) study. This suggests that the steam-activated carbon obtained by LCS could be used as an adsorbent for contaminants found in wastewater.

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