Imperata cylindrica (cogongrass) as an adsorbent for methylene blue dye removal: Process optimization

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Su, Claire Xin Hui ^a   Teng, Tjoon Tow ^a   Alkarkhi, Abbas F M ^a   Low, Ling Wei ^a  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Basic dye; Imperata cylindrica; Optimization; Response surface methodology (RSM)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ADSORPTION CONDITIONS; BASIC DYES; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL DESIGNS; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; LOW-COST ADSORBENTS; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY;

ADSORPTION;

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DYE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; WEED;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FACTORIAL DESIGN; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PH; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WEED;

EID: 84901306240     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-1941-x     Document Type: Article

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