title: Dye removal from wastewater using activated carbon developed from sawdust: adsorption equilibrium and kinetics.
abstract: Mahogany sawdust was used to develop an effective carbon adsorbent. This adsorbent was employed for the removal of direct dyes from spent textile dyeing wastewater. The experimental data were analysed by the Langmuir and Freundlich models of adsorption. Equilibrium data fitted well with the Langmuir model. The rates of adsorption were found to conform to the pseudo-second-order kinetics with good correlation. The equilibrium adsorption capacity of the sawdust carbon was determined with the Langmuir equation as well as the pseudo-second-order rate equation and found to be >300 mg dye per gram of the adsorbent. The most ideal pH for adsorption of direct dyes onto sawdust carbon was found to be 3 and below. The results indicate that the Mahogany sawdust carbon could be employed as a low cost alternative to commercial activated carbon in the removal of dyes from wastewater.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Centre for Surface Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 32, India. pkmd14@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002606:Charcoal