Natural fruit peels – potential biosorbents for combating oil pollution / Wan Nazihah Wan Ibrahim, Nordiana Suhada Mohmad Tahiruddin and Siti Nurhazlin Jaluddin

• Main Authors: Wan Ibrahim, Wan Nazihah, Mohmad Tahiruddin, Nordiana Suhada, Jaluddin, Siti Nurhazlin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis 2013
• Subjects: Physical and theoretical chemistry; Catalysis
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34439/1/34439.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34439/; https://jurnalintelek.uitm.edu.my/index.php/main
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiency of different biosorbent materials for oil removal from polluted water. Three natural and chemically treated fibers of Banana, Durian, Jackfruits were utilized to absorb two types of oil namely diesel and petroleum from polluted water. The chemic...