Surfactant modification of banana trunk as low-cost adsorbents and their high benzene adsorptive removal performance from aqueous solution

• Main Authors: Kong, H., Cheu, S.-C., Othman, N.S., Song, S.-T., Saman, N., Johari, K., Mat, H.
• Format: Article
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2016
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84960157186&doi=10.1039%2fc6ra00911e&partnerID=40&md5=d9176126581272e16a7cf32f31e7a9f1; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/30969/

The banana trunk was modified using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene glycol)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (Pluronic 123), and 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl-polyethylene glycol (Triton X-100) to develop novel low-cost...