Patent ID: 11945725
Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for preparing an activated carbon from palm leaves, comprising:
obtaining palm leaves;
grinding the palm leaves to obtain ground palm leaves;
refluxing the ground palm leaves with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to obtain a basic solution;
draining the basic solution from the ground palm leaves to obtain drained ground palm leaves;
washing and drying the drained ground palm leaves to obtain dried ground palm leaves;
refluxing the dried ground palm leaves with potassium permanganate (KMnO4) to obtain a dry reaction mixture;
heating the dry reaction mixture to obtain the activated carbon;
washing the activated carbon with hydrochloric acid (HCl) to remove impurities; and
drying the activated carbon.