Equilibrium studies for the removal of basic dye by sunflower seed husk (Helianthus annuus)

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1270-1276

  Ong, Siew Teng ^a   Keng, Pei Sin ^b   Lee, Siew Ling ^c   Leong, Ming How ^a   Hung, Yung Tse ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic dye; Kinetics; Methylene blue; Modelling; Sorption; Sunflower seed husk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958075149     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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