In this paper, the ability of coconut bunch waste (CBW), an agricultural waste available in large quantity in Malaysia, to remove basic dye (methylene blue) from aqueous solution by adsorption was studied. Batch mode experiments were conducted at 30 degrees C to study the effects of pH and initial concentration of methylene blue (MB). Equilibrium adsorption isotherms and kinetics were investiga...

Batch sorption experiments were carried out to remove As(III) from aqueous solution by using iron based commercial adsorbent Bayoxide. The effects of various experimental parameters, such as initial concentration, contact time and solution pH on the adsorption of As(III) on adsorbent was investigated. The adsorption density increased with increased initial arsenic concentration and contact time...

Biosorption of cadmium ions from simulated wastewater using rice husk was studied with initial concentration 25 mg/l. Equilibrium isotherm Langmuir, Freundlich, BET and Timken models. The results show that the Freundlich is best fit model to describe this process high determination coefficient equals 0.983. There a good compliance between experimental theoretical results. Highest removal effici...

This study presents Saccharomyces cerevisiae, an alcohol fermentation waste, for removal of acidic dyes (Red 3:1 & Orange 13) even after chemical and physical modification. Biosorption performance was found 96.29% through untreated biomass and 97.31% through pretreated biomass with hydrogen peroxide solution for Red 3:1, whereas 93.49% through untreated biomass and 94.71% through pretreated bio...

This paper presents the feasibility of removal of basic dye malachite green from aqueous solutions by using a low cost AC-MnO2-NC. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out as a function of pH, contact time, initial concentration of the adsorbate, adsorbent dosage and temperature . Langmuir, Freundlich and Tempkin isotherms were also studied . Pseudo first order, Pseudo second order , intra...

This article describes the use of a power plant waste-Bottom Ash, as effective adsorbent for the removal of toxic Azo dyes Carmoisine and Chrysoidine Y from their aqueous solution. The paper incorporates comparative study and discussion of the adsorption characteristics of these dyes on the economically effective adsorbent with special emphasis on the effects of time and temperature. The charac...

Husk of tur dal (Cajanus cajan) was investigated as a new biosorbent for the removal of Fe (III) and Cr (VI) ions from aqueous solutions. Parameters like agitation time, adsorbent dosage and pH were studied at different initial Fe (III) and Cr (VI) concentrations. The biosorptive capacity of the Tur dal husk was dependent on the pH of the chromium and iron solution, with pH 2 and 2.5 respective...

The current investigation deals with utilizing Treated Goat Hoof (TGH), a no cost material derived from butcher shop for the removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) ions from aqueous media. FTIR / SEM analyses are carried out for the functional groups identification and describe the surface morphology of the chosen material respectively. Batch studies are experimented under varied operating factors viz., ...

a simple ion imprinted amino-functionalized sorbent was synthesized by coupling activated carbon with iminodiacetic acid, a functional compound for metal chelating, through cyanoric chloride spacer. the resulting sorbent has been characterized using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir), elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis (tga) and evaluated for the preconcentration and de...

in the present investigation, dead bacterium biomass streptomyces rimosus was used as an inexpensive and efficient biosorbent for cr (iii) removal from aqueous solution. the bacterial biomass was treated with 0.1 m naoh. sorption level of 65 mg/g was observed at ph 4.8 while precipitation effect augmented this value at higher ph range. chromium desorption increased with decreasing desorption ag...