Molecular Biology: Open Access

Activated carbon pellets (ACPs), precursor (palm leaves) (Phoenix dactylifera L.), are primarily heated at low temperatures and milled into a fine grain powder to produce self-adhesive properties. The grain powders produced were impregnated in KOH solutions having a concentration of 0–0.35 moles (M) and pelletized by applying 12 metric tons of pressure, before being carbonized at 700°C, in a nitrogen environment. The thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal gravimetric analysis (DTGA) were carried out on the pre-carbonized date palm leaves. The results showed that with increasing KOH concentration, the weight loss of the sample markedly decreased. The young modulus (E) showed that 0.25 M has a higher value of 10.6 GPs than the others, indicating better grain particle alignment. The porosity (B) of the AC was estimated empirically by adjusting the values of B to have a straight line with a slope of ≈ 2. The results found that the porosities of the AC fluctuated in a range of 0.39–48 with the KOH concentration. The electrical conductivity (σ) of the AC showed that 0.2 M was a higher value than the others, indicating that more mobility carried in the sample. The percolation theory was found to have a good correlation with the bulk density of the carbon samples, and this was interpreted by the increase in the bulk density of the AC sample above the critical density of 0.45 g/cm³ for the E and above the critical density of 0.045 g/cm³.

Pre-carbonized date palm leaves (Phoenix dactylifera L.) with a particle size of 10 microns were used to prepare activated carbon pellets by KOH activation at 700°C. The grain powders were impregnated in KOH at a concentration of (0.0–0.35) moles, converted into grain pellets by applying 12 metric tons of pressure. The activated carbon produced was analyzed in terms of crystallite parameters, specific surface area, Young’s modulus (E) and spring length (S_P) between two cubic granular volume microstructures. The crystallite parameters were analyzed in terms of (d₀₀₂, L_c and L_a) for the graphitic crystallite. The results show that the L_a increased with increasing KOH concentration, while there is now a significant change to the L_c. The specific surface area of the AC product was found in the range of 1400–1684.5 m²/g, an empirical method proposed by Emmerich FG and Luengo CA has been used to estimate the E from its crystallite parameters. The E has systematically varied with KOH concentration, and 0.25 M is a higher E than the others. The estimated Young’s modulus from the empirical methods was in good agreement with that measured by ultrasonic techniques, indicating that the behavior of Young’s modulus is related to the crystallite parameters. The spring length (S_p) that fluctuated in the AC shows a critical length of 3.72, which is close to that of the crystallite parameter (d₀₀₂) when it was activated by 0.25 M concentration. These results indicate that the crystallite parameters can play an essential role in the phonotypic and descriptive properties of the AC pellets, indicating the applicability of this method for estimating the mechanical properties of the carbon materials.

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