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Table 11.2 Selected low-cost adsorbents for dyes removal
Waste materials
Dye removed
Sorption capacity [mg/g] References
Peel
Banana peel
Methyl orange
21
Annadurai et al. (2002)
Basic blue 9
20.8
Basic violet 10
20.6
Orange peel
Methyl orange
20.5
Annadurai et al. (2002)
Acid violet 17
19.88
Rajeshwarisivaraj et al.
(2001)
Basic blue 9
14.3
Annadurai et al. (2002)
Direct red 23
10.7
Doulati Ardejani et al.
(2007)
Direct red 80
21.1
Garlic peel
Methylene blue
82.64 (30 °C)
123.45 (40 °C)
142.86 (50 °C)
Hameed and Ahmad
(2008)
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