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Promising Low-cost Adsorbent from Desiccated Coconut Waste for Removal of Congo Red Dye from Aqueous Solution

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This study measures and evaluates the capabilities of desiccated coconut waste, a waste by-product produced from coconut milk processing, as an adsorbent precursor for the removal of azo dyes in wastewater. The results show that the desiccated coconut waste performed the highest adsorption capacity towards the Congo Red dye in pH 2 condition where the Qmax = 0.071 mmol/g. The adsorption capacity of the coconut waste-based adsorbent is relatively high in azo dye removal among the tested waste precursors such as coir pith, tamarind fruit shells, hazelnut shells, and banana peel. The analysis of azo dye adsorption equilibrium and kinetics using appropriate isotherm and kinetic model shows excellent fitting with Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model, where the determination coefficient, R2 ≈ 1, indicates a monolayer chemical adsorption process, with a maximum monolayer capacity of 0.004 mmol/g. These findings support that coconut waste-based adsorbent is highly potential for application of Congo Red removal in wastewater.

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The authors would like to thank the Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, for providing the lab facilities for this project.

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    Abdul Rahman Abdul Rahim, Hanan M. Mohsin, Kausalya Bong Ling Chin & Khairiraihanna Johari

  2. Centre of Contaminant Control & Utilization (CenCoU), Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

    Khairiraihanna Johari

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Norasikin Saman

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Conceptualization: Abdul Rahman, Hanan, Khairiaihanna, Kausalya, investigation: Kausalya, methodology: Abdul Rahman, Khairiraihanna, supervision: Khairiraihanna, Norasikin, writing original draft: Abdul Rahman, Hanan, Kausalya, writing review and editing: Khairiraihanna, Norasikin.

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Abdul Rahim, A.R., Mohsin, H.M., Chin, K.B.L. et al. Promising Low-cost Adsorbent from Desiccated Coconut Waste for Removal of Congo Red Dye from Aqueous Solution. Water Air Soil Pollut 232, 357 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05308-8

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