Removal of Basic Blue 3 and Reactive Orange 16 by adsorption onto quartenized sugar cane bagasse

• Main Authors: Wong, Sook Yeng, Tan, Yen Ping, Abdullah, Abdul Halim, Ong, Siew Teng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Analytical Sciences Society 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16514/1/Removal%20of%20Basic%20Blue%203%20and%20Reactive%20Orange%2016%20by%20adsorption%20onto%20quartenized%20sugar%20cane%20bagasse.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16514/; http://www.ukm.my/mjas/new_mjas/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The effectiveness of using sugar cane bagasse, an agricultural by-product, as a sorbent to remove basic and reactive dyes from aqueous solution was studied. The quartenized sugar cane bagasse (QSB) is capable in removing both Basic Blue 3(BB3) and Reactive Orange 16 (RO16). The sorption of dye solut...