TY - JOUR T1 - Adsorption of basic dye onto palm kernel shell activated carbon: sorption equilibrium and kinetics studies A1 - Arsyad, Jumasiah LA - English LA - English PB - Elsevier YR - 2005 UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:18321 AB - Adsorbents prepared from palm kernel shell, an agricultural waste product, were used to remove a dye, Basic Blue 9, from an aqueous solution in batch mode at a constant temperature of 28°C. The sorption kinetics and equilibrium of basic dye onto palm kernel shell activated carbon (PKSAC) were studied. The isotherm data were well described by the Redlich-Peterson isotherm model, with constants obtained from non-linear regression. The sorption kinetics are well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. These studies suggested that PKSAC could be used as low-cost alternatives in wastewater treatment for dye removal. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. KW - Carbon, Activated KW - Water - Purification - Color removal KW - Sewage - Purification ER -