摘要：The effect of adsorbate concentration, surface tension and temperature on glycerol adsorption over activated carbon have been conducted. Activity of adsorbent was increased by soaking activated carbon in H2SO4 10% solution for 12 hours followed heating at a temperature of 500oC under N2 gas flow for 3 hours. Furthermore, the identification and characterization of activated carbon were done by infrared spectroscopy (IR) and gravimetric method acidity test. Conditions of adsorption of glycerol by activated carbon were carried out using batch method with ±12 hours of contact time on the variation of adsorbate concentration or the ratio glycerol : water (v/v) 1 : 2, 1 : 3, 1 : 4, and 1 : 5, as well as variations in 30, 40, 50, and 60 oC. The result showed that increased activity of activated carbon increased acidity from 0.5 mmol/gram to 2.7 mmol/gram. Increasing concentration of glycerol causes the surface tension decreases and (∂γ/∂C) becomes negative with means that glycerol was adsorbed over the surface. It has been confirmed by the increase of actvated carbon capacity is proportional to the increased concentration of glycerol. Temperature was also playing the role of glycerol adsorption where at 60 oC maximum adsorption was riched. Keywords: Adsorption, Glycerol, Adsorbate concentration, Temperature, Surface tension, Activated Carbon
