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Coir pith activated carbon for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions

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dc.contributor.author Dhanusekera, DW
dc.contributor.author Amarasinghe, BMWPK
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-21T02:12:40Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-21T02:12:40Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/8171
dc.description.abstract Adsorption of methylene blue, malachite green and nylosan blue dyes onto carbonized coir pith from aqueous solutions was studied. Adsorbent was prepared by carbonizing coir pith at 700 C for l hr. Batch experiments showed that solution pH and adsorbent dose affects the adsorption capacity. The adsorption capacity was highest at solution pH 2 for nylosan blue and above pH 5 for methylene blue and malachite green. The kinetic data fits to second order model. The equilibrium data were satisfactorily fitted to Freundlich isotherm.
dc.language en
dc.title Coir pith activated carbon for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions
dc.type Conference-Abstract
dc.identifier.year 2008
dc.identifier.conference Research for Industry
dc.identifier.place Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa
dc.identifier.pgnos 143-144
dc.identifier.proceeding 14th Annual Symposium on Research and Industry


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