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Efficiency of Sawdust as Low-Cost Adsorbent for Dyes Removal

Table 1

Examples of dyes and their main chemical characteristics [5, 17].

DyeMolecular formulaMolecular structureClass

Reactive black 5C26H21N5Na4O19S6Azo dyes

Reactive blue 4C23H14Cl2N6O8S2Anthraquinone dyes

Vat blue 35C16H8Br2N2O2Indigoid dyes

Malachite greenC23H25ClN2Triarylmethane dyes

Acid yellow 1C10H4N2Na2O8SNitro dyes

Acid green 1C30H15FeN3Na3O15S3Nitroso dyes