Adsorption of procion red MX-5B and crystal violet dyes from aqueous solution onto corncob activated carbon

• Main Authors: Nazifa, Tasnia Hassan, Habba, Nurmia, Salmiati, Salmiati, Aris, Azmi, Hadibarata, Tony
• Format: Article
• Published: Chinese Chemical Society Taiwan 2018
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85961/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jccs.201700242
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Textile and dyeing industries are considered as one of the main water utilizing industries and generate a huge amount of colored liquid effluents in their finishing and dyeing processes. In this paper, agricultural waste corncob has been chosen as a renewable source to produce activated carbon at 40...