Volume 27, Issue 8 pp. 3043-3057
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Adsorption of dyes on chitin. I. Equilibrium studies

G. McKay

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G. McKay

Department of Industrial Chemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, 21 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland

Department of Industrial Chemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, 21 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland===Search for more papers by this author
H. S. Blair

H. S. Blair

Department of Industrial Chemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, 21 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland

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J. R. Gardner

J. R. Gardner

Department of Industrial Chemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, 21 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland

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First published: August 1982
Citations: 757

Abstract

Equilibrium isotherms have been studied for the adsorption of four dyestuffs, namely, Acid Blue 25, Acid Blue 158, Mordant Yellow 5, and Direct Red 84, onto chitin. Langmuir and Freundlich constants have been determined and the effects of chitin particle size and solution temperature have been investigated. Theoretical isotherms have been compared with experimental data and good agreement was obtained using a composite isotherm of the general form: Ye = iCe/(1 + jCem), where i,j, and m are constants.

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