NaOH treated spent bleaching earth

• Main Authors: Mat, Ramli, Othman, Siti Norbainah, Johari, Anwar, Hassim, Mimi Haryani, Wan Sulaiman, Wan Rosli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56152/1/RamliMat2015_NaOHTreatedSpentBleachingEarth.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56152/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v75.5195
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Spent bleaching earth (SBE) was treated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and used for the removal of methylene blue (MB). Adsorption test of treated SBE was carried out to evaluate the removal efficiency of MB. It showed that the maximum uptake of MB was at 76.9 mg/g using SBE treated with 3.0 M NaOH wh...