USE OF ACTIVATED CHARCOAL IN BLEACHING OF PALM OIL
Abstract
This project work is on the bleaching of palm oil using activated charcoal.The charcoal used for this work was made from pieces of animal bone by canonization method.it was then activated into two different samples.firstly the basic sample was activated by using sulphuric acid H2SO4 while the other was activated by just heating as a control for the experiment;both at a constant temperature of 500c and approximate time of 2 hours.They were both reduced into fine sizes and sieved into particles,dye of 150um was portion of the crude palm oil was degumed and neutralized for bleaching.
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