Browsing Conference Papers by Subject "Adsorption"

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    • Adsorption of chromium from aqueous solution using treated oil palm fibre 

      Naimah Ibrahim; Mohamed Hasnain Isa; Ragunathan Santiagoo (Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), 2006-12-08)
      Chromium, being one of toxic heavy metals commonly found in various industrial wastewaters, is largely generated due to its widespread industrial applications; namely in steel and alloy making, electroplating, wood treatment, ...

    • Basic Dye (Metyhl Red) removal from simulated wastewater by adsorption using treated sugarcane bagasse 

      Saiful Azhar, Saad; Azlinda, Abdul Ghani; Farizul Hafiz, Kasim; Suhardy ,Daud; Mohd Nazry, Salleh (Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (KUiTTHO), 2006-12-18)
      Dyes are used in many industries such as food, paper, carpet, rubber, plastics, cosmetic and textile industries. The effectiveness of the adsorption for dye removal from wastewater has made it an ideal alternative to other ...

    • Brief review on ZnO Synthesis methods, thin film & nanowire gas sensors 

      M., Kashif; Uda, Hashim, Prof. Dr. (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Graduate Studies, 2010-10-16)
      ZnO nanowires are ideal building blocks for a wide range of nanoscale electronics, optoelectronics, and chemical sensing devices. The material properties change when the material is in nanowire form as compare to thin film ...

    • Characteristic of different precursor size of activated carbon produced from Oil Palm shell in adsorption of LPG 

      Mohd Syamsul Hadi; Safarudin G. Herawan; Md Razali, Ayob (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 2009-10-11)
      The effects of material precursor selections in the quality of activated carbon produced from oil palm shell, an abundant palm-oil mill solid waste, were studied. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Transform ...

    • Dye Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Egg Shell Powder 

      Azlinda, Abdul Ghani; Ragunathan, Santiagoo; Anbu Johnson, Dr.; Naimah, Ibrahim; Salsuwanda, Selamat (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2007-06-09)
      Dyes and pigments have been used in many industries for colouration purpose. Textile industry is one of the prominent polluters releasing high concentrated effluent into the surrounding environment. Dyes contain carcinogenic ...

    • Dyes Removal from Aqueous Solution using Chemical Treated Empty Fruit Bunch at Various pH 

      Saiful Azhar, Saad; Suhardy, Daud; Farizul Hafiz, Kasim; Mohd Nazry, Salleh (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2007-06-09)
      There is a considerable need for the removal of color from wastewater/effluents. The discharge of dyebearing wastewater into natural streams and rivers from the textile, paper, carpet, leather, distillery, and printing ...

    • Effect of Acidic treatment on metal adsorptions of Sugarcane bagasse based Activated Carbon 

      Mohd Irfan Hatim, Mohamed Dzahir; Umi Fazara, Md. Ali (Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysia, 2006-06-15)
      This paper discusses the technical feasibility of commercial sugarcane bagasse based activated carbon (SBAC) and chemically treated SBAC for Cu (II) removal. A batch wise process using simulated wastewater was developed. ...

    • Effect of pretreated zeolite media in removal of landfill leachate pollutants 

      Ragunathan, Santiagoo; Naimah, Ibrahim; Azlinda, Abdul Ghani; Nurul Izza, Abd Hamid (Malaysia Institute of Chemistry, 2007-08-23)
      Leachate pollutant in the form of amnonical nitrogen (NH4-N) and chemical oxygen demands (COD) is becoming more important to avoid problems to aquatic as well as human life. This study investigates the removal of such ...

    • Extraction of Cr (VI) from Aqueous Solution using Oil Palm waste impregnated with sulphuric acid 

      Naimah Ibrahim; Masitah Hasan; Salwa Mohd Zaini Makhtar; Nazzery Rosmady Rahmat; Khairul Nizar Ismail (Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) & Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMREC) SIRIM Berhad, 2007-06-01)
      Surplus, abundantly available oil palm fibre can be made into a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of hexavalent chromium (Cr [VI]) from aqueous solution. Simple chemical and heat treatment was conducted on oil palm fibre ...

    • Kinetic Studies of Heavy Metal Ion Sorption by Modified Oil Palm Waste Material 

      Naimah, Ibrahim; Azlinda, Abdul Ghani; Ragunathan, Santiagoo; Umi Fazara, Md. Ali; Nazerry Rosmady, Rahmat (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2007-06-09)
      Activated carbon adsorption has long been of beneficial use for numerous industries in order to achieve standard effluent discharge parameters. Owing to its high cost and difficult procurement of activated carbon, efforts ...

    • Methyl Red Removal from Aqueous Solution by using Treated sugarcane bagasse 

      Saiful Azhar, Saad; Abdul Ghaniey Liew, Abdullah; Suhardy, Daud; Farizul Hafiz, Kasim; Mohd Nazry, Salleh (Institut Teknologi Bandung, 2006-11-29)
      Dyes are used in various industries, such as food, paper, carpet and others. Among these, textile industries rank first in the usage of dyes. The discharge of coloured wastewater from these industries had caused many ...

    • Methylene Blue Removal from Simulated Wastewater by Adsorption Using Treated Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch 

      Saiful Azhar, Saad; Suhardy, Daud; Farizul Hafiz, Kasim; Mohd Nazry, Salleh (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2007-06-09)
      Many industries in Malaysia such as textile, paper, high-technology, paint, pharmaceuticals, food, leather, cosmetics, tannery, printing and plastics, use varies dye in order to color their product like batik and also ...

    • Phosphate removal using aluminum–doped rice husk ash–derived silica 

      Salsuwanda, Selamat; Masitah, Hasan; Azlinda, Abd Ghani; Che Zulzikrami, Azner Abidin (Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 2009-06-20)
      Phosphate, a compound which has phosphorus as its key atom, from excess fertilizers and detergents ends up washing into lakes, creeks and rivers. This overabundance of phosphorus causes excessive aquatic plant and algae ...

    • A study on iron and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal by heat treated zeolite media 

      Ragunathan, Santiagoo; Naimah, Ibrahim; Azlinda, Abdul Ghani; Nurhawani, Halim (Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), 2007-12-13)
      Sanitary landfills produce different forms of effluents as the waste degrades. The water portion recognized as leachate contains numerous pollutants which are hazardous to health. This study investigates the removal of ...

    • A study on regenerated zeolite adsorption capacity for ammonical nitrogen and COD removal from leachate 

      Ragunathan Santiagoo; Naimah Ibrahim; Faridah A.H. (Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), 2006-12-08)
      Leachate pollutant in the form of amnonical nitrogen (NH4-N) and chemical oxygen demands (COD) is becoming more important to avoid problems to aquatic as well as human life. The goal of this present study is to investigate ...

    • UV-vis studies on interaction of silver nanoparticles(SNPs) with protein from chicken meat 

      M.K., Nahar; Zarina, Zakaria, Dr.; Uda, Hashim, Prof. Dr. (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)
      We examine the direct interaction between chicken protein and the surface of silver nanoparticles (SNPs) by using UV-vis spectrophotometer. The spectral changes observed in SNPs after mixing with chicken protein are ...

    • Waste to valuable by-product: Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of Cd, Cu and Pb ion removal by decanter cake 

      Dewayanto, Nugroho; Mohd Haizal, Husin; Liew, Kong Yong; Mohd Ridzuan, Nordin (Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), 2009-06-20)
      Palm oil mills generate about 4 - 5 tons of decanter cake for every 100 tons of palm fresh fruit bunch processed. Due to the high organic content, the decanter cake could be converted into adsorbent for the removal ...