Novel Non-Conventional Adsorbent for the Remediation of Dye Bearing Wastewater

An adsorbent prepared from an agricultural waste was studied for its efficiency in removal colour. The process parameters were analyzed like agitation time, initial dye concentration, adsorbent dose, pH and temperature. The adsorption mechanism followed pseudo-first order rate expression and the rat...

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Main Authors: Srinivasan Pachamuthu, Sivakumar Ponnusamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thai Society of Higher Eduction Institutes on Environment 2015-07-01
Series:EnvironmentAsia
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Online Access:http://www.tshe.org/ea/pdf/vol8no2-10.pdf