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Comparison of activated carbon and bottom ash for removal of reactive dye from aqueous solution.

Dinçer AR, Güneş Y, Karakaya N, Güneş E

Department of Environmental Engineering, Trakya University, Corlu, Tekirdag, Turkey.

The adsorption of reactive dye from synthetic aqueous solution onto granular activated carbon (GAC) and coal-based bottom ash (CBBA) were studied under the same experimental conditions. As an alternative to GAC, CBBA was used as adsorbent for dye removal from aqueous solution. The amount of Vertigo Navy Marine (VNM) adsorbed onto CBBA was lower compared with GAC at equilibrium and dye adsorption capacity increased from 0.71 to 3.82 mg g(-1), and 0.73 to 6.35 mg g(-1) with the initial concentration of dye from 25 to 300 mg l(-1), respectively. The initial dye uptake of CBBA was not so rapid as in the case of GAC and the dye uptake was slow and gradually attained equilibrium.

Published 20 September 2006 in Bioresour Technol, 98(4): 834-9.
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