Methylene blue adsorption onto cockle shells-treated banana pith: Optimization, isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies

• Main Authors: Hasan, Rosalyza, Wong, Jie Ying, Chong, Chi Cheng, Jaafar, Nur Farhana, Jusoh, Rohayu, Abdul Jalil, Aishah, Setiabudi, Herma Dina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gadjah Mada University 2020
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90461/1/AishahAbdJalil2020_MethyleneBlueAdsorptionontoCockleShells.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90461/; http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/ijc.42822

Two low-cost wastes, banana pith (BP) and cockle shells (CS) were explored towards methylene blue (MB) removal. The performance of cockle shells-treated banana pith (CS-BP) in MB removal was compared with untreated BP and commercially Ca(OH)2-treated BP (Ca(OH)2-BP). The adsorption efficacy was foll...