Evaluation of sugar-cane bagasse as bioadsorbent in the textile wastewater treatment contaminated with carcinogenic congo red dye

A methodology involving sugar cane bagasse bioadsorbent was developed in order to remove the carcinogenic congo red dye from aqueous medium. The results showed high efficiency with retention of 64 ± 6% in synthetic congo red solution and 94 ± 5% in effluent enriched with congo red, at 10.0 g of the...

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Main Authors: Aline Sartório Raymundo, Romina Zanarotto, Marciela Belisário, Madson de Godoi Pereira, Joselito Nardy Ribeiro, Araceli Verónica Flores Nardy Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2010-08-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132010000400023