Preparation and Characterization of Activated Carbon from Potassium Hydroxide Activated Linen Fabric Waste

In this study,activated carbon was prepared from the linen fabric waste in our daily life using KOH as activator.There were two steps,carbonization and activation in the production of linen-based activated carbon.For prepared activated carbon,a specific surface area and pore size distribution analyzer were employed to determine the N2 adsorption-desorpion at 77 K.The Langmuir equation,BET equation and BJH method were used to calculate the specific surface area,pore volume and pore size distribution.BET specific surface area is 1387.473 m2/g,Langmuir surface area is 1790.573 m2/g and adsorption cumulative pore volume is up to 0.415 cm3/g.The scan electric microscope(SEM),X-ray diffraction(XRD) and FTIR were also used to investigate the morphology,crystallite structure and chemistry structural characteristics of the prepared activated carbon,respectively.