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The ability of the brown seaweed, Turbinaria conoides to absorb rhodamine B (RB) from aqueous solution was investigated in a batch system. The effects of various experimental parameters (e.g., morphology, initial dye concentration, temperature, and pH) were investigated and optimal experimental condition was ascertained. The results revealed that sorption capacity of T. conoides increased with increasing temperature, and decreasing initial dye concentration and pH. Sorption equilibrium studies using Langmuir and Freundlich models demonstrated that RB biosorption fitted well to the Langmuir isotherm. This study suggested that T. conoides can be used as a potential biosorbent for the removal of RB from wastewater.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the following: Ministry of Science, Technology and the Innovation, Malaysia (eScience Project No. 06-02-11-SF0045), for providing financial assistance; Department of Bioscience and Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) for the research facilities.
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Paper presented at the 3rd Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology, Galway.
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Hii, SL., Yong, SY. & Wong, CL. Removal of rhodamine B from aqueous solution by sorption on Turbinaria conoides (Phaeophyta). J Appl Phycol 21, 625–631 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-009-9448-3
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