Pengaruh Ukuran Partikel dan Kecepatan Pengadukan Terhadap Penyerapan Fenol Menggunakan Biosorben Kulit Kelengkeng (Dimocarpus longan Lour)

Abstract

— Pulp Industry produces phenol liquid wastes that pollute the environment. Phenol is a dangerous organic compound that has hight toxicity so that the presence of phenol in the environment will disrupt the surrounding ecosystem and have an impact on human health. To overcome the problem of environmental pollution, an adsorpstion method is used by utilizing longan skin as an adsorbent. Longan shell is used as an adsorben able to bind phenol in the environment because it has several active groups such as amines, hydroxyl, carbonyl