Spent Tea Leaves as a Potential Low-cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Azo Dyes from Wastewater

Authors :: Zuorro, Antonio
Lavecchia, Roberto
Medici, Franco
Piga, Luigi
Source :: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 32 (2013)
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l., 2013.
Abstract: Spent tea leaves (STL), a solid waste that is available in large amounts worldwide, was investigated as a potential low-cost adsorbent for the removal of two azo dyes, Reactive Green 19 (RG19) and Reactive Violet 5 (RV5), from contaminated waters. Preliminary experiments conducted on untreated STL showed that this material exhibited very low removal efficiencies (

Subjects :: azo dyes
adsorbent
spent tea leaves
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lignocellulosic materials
lcsh:TP155-156
characterization
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