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

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