Comparison of the Use of NaOH and KOH Activators in the Manufacture of Activated Carbon from Cassava Peel (Manihot utilissima)

Cassava (Manihot utilissima) is a staple food beside rice and corn for Indonesia people. peel waste of cassava processing agroindustries such as tapioca flour industry, fermentation industry. This contains fairly high carbon element 59,31%. has the potential to be used raw material activated because its content. Activated production involved some steps preparing materials, carbonization, activation, neutralization, analysis water content, ash, iodine number, pore surface area carbon. was using NaOH KOH with concentrations 0.1; 0,2; 0,3; 0,4; 0,5N. The results showed that which 0,4N 0,5N provided closest parameter SNI 06-3730-1995 standard. use activator can increase compared activator.