title: Grass waste: a novel sorbent for the removal of basic dye from aqueous solution.
abstract: The aim of the present work was to investigate the feasibility of grass waste (GW) for methylene blue (MB) adsorption. The adsorption of MB on GW material was studied as a function of GW dose (0.05-1.20 g), solution pH 3-10, contact time and initial concentration (70-380 mg/L). The influence of these parameters on the adsorption capacity was studied using the batch process. The experimental data were analyzed by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The adsorption isotherm was found to follow the Langmuir model. The monolayer adsorption capacity was found to be 457.640 mg/g. The kinetic data were fitted to the pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models, and were found to follow closely the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The results revealed that GW adsorbent is potentially low-cost adsorbent for adsorption of MB.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, University of Science Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia. chbassim@eng.usm.my
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Hameed
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000517:prevention & control; D007700:Kinetics; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006109:Poaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012996:Solutions; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008751:Methylene Blue