<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Surfactant modification of banana trunk as low-cost adsorbents and their high benzene adsorptive removal performance from aqueous solution"^^ . "The banana trunk was modified using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene glycol)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (Pluronic 123), and 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl-polyethylene glycol (Triton X-100) to develop novel low-cost adsorbents for benzene removal from aqueous solution. The surface morphology and functional groups of the synthesized adsorbents were determined by a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer. The Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were also conducted to study adsorbent characteristics. The benzene adsorptive performance of the synthesized adsorbents was evaluated in a batch adsorption experiment at various experimental conditions. It was found that the highest benzene adsorption capacity (280.890 � 10-3 mmol g-1) was obtained for M-TX100-BT. The fundamental adsorption studies revealed that the benzene adsorption process was found to be thermodynamically non-spontaneous and all were fitted well by the Langmuir isotherm model. The adsorption kinetic data obeyed the pseudo-second kinetic model with the film diffusion as the rate-limiting step. The application prospects of the Triton X-100 modified banana trunk adsorbent were demonstrated through the regeneration study which revealed that it can also be repeatedly used for at least up to five-adsorption/desorption cycles and its adsorption capacity was comparable to the literature data of similar adsorbents. Thus, banana trunk agrowaste could be an alternative low-cost adsorbent precursor for the adsorptive benzene removal from an aqueous solution. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016."^^ . "2016" . . "6" . "29" . . "Royal Society of Chemistry"^^ . . . "RSC Advances"^^ . . . "20462069" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "H."^^ . "Kong"^^ . "H. Kong"^^ . . "K."^^ . "Johari"^^ . "K. Johari"^^ . . "S.-C."^^ . "Cheu"^^ . "S.-C. Cheu"^^ . . "N.S."^^ . "Othman"^^ . "N.S. Othman"^^ . . "N."^^ . "Saman"^^ . "N. Saman"^^ . . "H."^^ . "Mat"^^ . "H. Mat"^^ . . "S.-T."^^ . "Song"^^ . "S.-T. Song"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #7958 \n\nSurfactant modification of banana trunk as low-cost adsorbents and their high benzene adsorptive removal performance from aqueous solution\n\n" . "text/html" . .