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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 159, Issue 2-3, Pages 574-579Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.054
Keywords
Adsorption; Batch processing; Modeling; Malachite green; Rattan sawdust
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- Universiti Sains Malaysia under the Research University (RU) Scheme [1001/PJKIMIA/814005]
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In this work, the adsorption of malachite green (MG) on rattan sawdust (RSD) was studied at 30 degrees C. The results indicated that RSD can be used as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of MG dye from aqueous solutions. Equilibrium data were analyzed by two isotherms, namely the Freundlich isotherm and the Langmuir isotherm. The best fit to the data was obtained with the Langmuir isotherm. The monolayer adsorption capacity of RSD was found to be 62.71 mg/g. The adsorption kinetics can be predicted by the pseudo-first-order model. The mechanism of adsorption was also studied. It was found that for a short time period the rate of adsorption is controlled by film diffusion. However, at longer adsorption times, pore-diffusion controls the rate of adsorption. The amount adsorbed on the outer surface was estimated from the time where film-diffusion stops controlling the adsorption rate. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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