Decolorization of hair dye by lignocellulosic waste materials from contaminated waters

Basic yellow 57 (BY57) was chosen as a model hair dye due to its prevalence in cosmetics wastewaters. This study proposes the use of lignocellulosic materials like spent tea leaves of peppermint (PM), chai tea (CT) and chamomile (CM) as raw adsorbents for the removal of BY57 from contaminated soluti...

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Main Authors: Habib eZahir, Michelle eNaidoo, Rada Mayya Kostadinova, Karla Alicia Ortiz, María Rosario Sun Kou, Abel Enrique Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2014.00028/full