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Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal

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Main Authors: Saiful Azhar, Saad, Khairuddin, Md. Isa, Rohazita, Bahari
Other Authors: saifulazhar@unimap.edu.my
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B. V. 2010
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Adsorption
Sugarcane bagasse (SB)
Simulated wastewater
Dye removal
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/10229
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spelling my.unimap-102292013-02-16T06:48:09Z Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal Saiful Azhar, Saad Khairuddin, Md. Isa Rohazita, Bahari saifulazhar@unimap.edu.my Adsorption Sugarcane bagasse (SB) Simulated wastewater Dye removal Link to publisher’s homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/ The use of adsorbent prepared from sugarcane bagasse, an agro waste from sugar industries has been studied as an alternative substitute for activated carbon for the removal of dyes from wastewater. Adsorbents prepared from sugarcane bagasse were successfully used to remove the methyl red (MR) from an aqueous solution in a batch reactor. This study investigates the potential use of sugarcane bagasse, pretreated with phosphoric acid (SBC), for the removal of methyl red from simulated wastewater. Phosphoric acid treated sugarcane bagasse was used to adsorb methyl red at varying dye concentration, adsorbent dosage, pH and contact time. A similar experiment was conducted with commercially available powdered activated carbon (PAC) and untreated sugarcane bagasse (SB) in order to evaluate the performance of SBC. The adsorption efficiency of different adsorbents was in the order PAC > SBC > SB. The initial pH 3 to 6 favoured the adsorption of synthetic dyes by both SBC and SB. This prepared adsorbent was very efficient in decolorized diluted solution. It is proposed that SBC, in a batch or stirred tank reactors could be employed as a low-cost alternative in wastewater treatment for dyes removal. 2010-11-16T02:57:40Z 2010-11-16T02:57:40Z 2010-12-15 Article Desalination, vol. 26 (1-2), 2010, pages 123-128 0011-9164 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6TFX-50NGNPF-C-N&_cdi=5238&_user=1659113&_pii=S0011916410005138&_origin=search&_coverDate=12%2F15%2F2010&_sk=997359998&view=c&wchp=dGLzVtb-zSkWA&md5=f9398e45a53a5833d3aa9299b6b0b4bb&ie=/sdarticle.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10229 en Elsevier B. V.
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topic Adsorption
Sugarcane bagasse (SB)
Simulated wastewater
Dye removal
spellingShingle Adsorption
Sugarcane bagasse (SB)
Simulated wastewater
Dye removal
Saiful Azhar, Saad
Khairuddin, Md. Isa
Rohazita, Bahari
Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal
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Khairuddin, Md. Isa
Rohazita, Bahari
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author Saiful Azhar, Saad
Khairuddin, Md. Isa
Rohazita, Bahari
author_sort Saiful Azhar, Saad
title Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal
title_short Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal
title_full Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal
title_fullStr Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal
title_full_unstemmed Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal
title_sort chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal
publisher Elsevier B. V.
publishDate 2010
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