Removal of bisphenol a from aqueous solution by activated carbon derived from oil palm empty fruit bunch

• Main Authors: Hadibarata, Tony, Mohd. Yusoff, Abdull Rahim, Yusop, Zulkifli, Wirasnita, Riry
• Format: Article
• Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2014
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62440/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2148-x
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The potential of the activated carbon prepared from the empty fruit bunch of oil palm wastes to remove bisphenol A (BPA) from aqueous media was investigated. The experiments were performed by varying the contact time, activated carbon dose, initial BPA concentration, and pH of the solution. The Lang...