Sustainable bamboo and coconut shell activated carbon for purifying river water on Borneo Island

• Main Authors: Kuok, King Kuok, Chiu, Po Chan, Md. Rezaur, Rahman, Chin, Mei Yun, Muhammad Khusairy, Bakri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2024
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46192/1/Sustainable%20bamboo%20and%20coconut%20shell.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46192/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949750723000536; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wmb.2023.12.008
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

This research aims to transform agricultural waste abundantly available in Sarawak into activated carbon as a sustainable water treatment source. Seven river water samples from Sarawak River were collected and treated with 2g, 4g, 6g, 8g, and 10g of bamboo activated carbon (BAC) and coconut shell a...