Application of potato (Solanum tuberosum) plant wastes for the removal of methylene blue and malachite green dye from aqueous solution

Dye pollutants from the textile, paper, and leather industries are important sources of environmental contamination. In the present study an agricultural waste from potato plant (potato stem powder, PSP and potato leaves powder, PLP) was used as an adsorbent for removal of the methylene blue (MB) an...

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Main Authors: Neha Gupta, Atul K. Kushwaha, M.C. Chattopadhyaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Arabian Journal of Chemistry
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535211002048