Structural and Electrical Conductivity Study of Prosopis Africana carbon Charcoal based material

Abstract

This work aims to study the structural and electrical conductivity of the Prosopis Africana carbon material. The characterization of new material from Prosopis carbon-based was conducted in which the following analysis was obtained. The carbon charcoal was locally milled and tested, and then the powder of the carbon material was sieved using a 63-micron sieve and tested, finally, the material was milled into nano size using a milling machine and the test was conducted again and compared. The Electrical conductivity test and thermal conductivity test were carried out at different nano sizes. The electrical conductivity test of the material was conducted in the laboratory using HACH Sension5 Equipment in which the results show a variation of conductivity at different sizes and the result finally gives 386.5/100 = 3.8655µs/m. Also, the thermal conductivity test was conducted two times and the result obtained was 0.7508 (w/km) and 59.50 (w/km). Raman spectroscopy and TDA analysis were also conducted. However, the Scanning Electron Microscopy test (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray test (EDX) test were all carried out to know the elemental and structural properties of the material. The results showed that Carbon Element C has the highest percentage of about 80.72% while the remaining elements like potassium K have 6.36%, calcium Ca has 6.94% and Niobium Nb has 5.98% as presented in the results and discussions.