Adsorbent- Meranti wood ,Sawdust,Fine Powder, Adsorbate - methle Blue(MB).

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shows that the adsorption of t he d ye in t he pH range of 3 12 vari es between 97%
and 99%.The removal o f MB b y meranti sawdust at di f ferent dosage of adsorbent
(0.11.2 g) at initi al concent ration of 100 mg/ L d ye solution and 30 C. It was
absorbed that percentage of d ye removal increased from 85 -98.5%.When the
initial d ye concentration increased from 50 to 200 m g/ L, the loading capacit y of
meranti sawdust i ncreased from 35.29 to 98.40 m g/ g, and the percent age removal
decreas ed from 98 t o 86 %. At hi gh concent rations the fract ional sorption is low.
The pres ent st ud y shows that meranti sawdust, an agro -based wast e biom ass, can
be us ed as an adsorbent for the removal of MB d ye fro m aqueous sol utions.
Equilibrium dat a fitt ed ver y well i n the Langmuir isotherm equation, confirming
the monol a yer adsorption capacit y of m ethyl ene blue onto m eranti sawdust with a
monola yer adsorption capacit y of 120.48 mg/ g.

Material developm ent - 41.5% cellulose (80% degree of cr yst allinit y), 27.3%
hemicelluloses, 25.7% acid -insolubl e li gnin, 0.05% ash, and approximatel y 5.5%
extractives and ot her components. Adsorption solution -0.5L adsorbat e sol ution
Dilute H2SO4 or NaOH solutions . The i sotherm exp erim ent al data approximates
the Langmui r equati on, the param eters KL and q m can be obt ained b y plotting
1/q versus 1/C e. The SEE values of the pseudo -fi rst order kinetic model were not
signi ficantl y hi gher comparing to those of (a) t he N -order pseudo -kineti c model
(N-value was found equal to 1.0 for pH < 8, 1.5 for pH 8 and 1.7 0.3 for
pH>8). The param eter 1 was set equal t o zero for the range of pH 1.7 8.0
(thepH of the d ye solutions were adjusted using dilut e H2SO4 solution) and
estimat ed from the exp eriment al dat a for the range of pH 8.0 13.0 (the pH of the
dye soluti ons were adjusted usi ng dilut e NaOH solution). Kinetic studies using
the Lagergren equati on provided values of k for pH 8 hi gher than the estim ated
for pH < 8 under the same conditions. The lower adsorption of meth yl ene blue at
acidi c pH is due to t he presence of excess H+ i ons that com pete with the d ye
cation for adsorpti on sites. The i ncrease in initial pH from 8.0 to 11.5 sli ghtl y
increas es the amount of d ye adsorbed. This amount decr eases for pH 12.3 13.0
becaus e, in alkaline solutions, m eth ylene blue is st epwise demeth ylat ed, to other
common d yes. The commercial activat ed carbons for the removal of basi c d yes
from non-acidi c wat er/wast ewat er effluents.

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