Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deepak Nayak, Swathi; Veerappa Lakshmaiah, Vasantha Title A name given to the resource Acidified coconut husk as a potential biosorbent for adsorption of textile dye reactive yellow 160 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2026 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Phytoremediation; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2026.2669880" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2026.2669880</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105038894853?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105038894853?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Deepak Nayak S., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Veerappa Lakshmaiah V., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India Description An account of the resource Coconut husk could be employed as an environment friendly adsorbent for removal of various xenobiotics from the environment, especially the reactive dyes from the polluted waterbodies. In this study the Acidified Coconut Husk(ACH) with 0.1 N Hydrochloric acid was identified as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for the removal of Reactive Yellow 160(RY160) in aqueous solution. Optimization of various parameters such as the effect of agitation at shaker rotor speed of 120 rpm, adsorbent dosage ranging from 0.54%, initial dye concentration (200 to 1000 mg/L) and pH (3 to 11) were conducted and it was found that maximum adsorption percentage of 93% occurred with 4% adsorbent dosage at 200 mg/L initial dye concentration and pH 3 under agitating conditions. Adsorption was confirmed with the changes in FTIR spectrum, XRD and SEM of the ACH before and after adsorption. Adsorption kinetics studies proved a best fit into the pseudo second order kinetics model (R2= 0.9973) indicating chemisorption as the rate-limiting step of the process. Adsorption capacity(qe) of 4.56 mg/g fitted more into Langmuir isotherm model (R2= 0.9884) than Freundlich isotherm (R2= 0.8792) with Qmax value of 35.97 mg/g. Acidified coconut husk is proved as feasible adsorbent for textile dye removal from the aqueous environment. 2026 Taylor &amp; Francis Group, LLC. Subject The topic of the resource Acidified coconut husk; adsorption isotherm; adsorption kinetics; biosorption; reactive yellow 160 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Taylor and Francis Ltd. Relation A related resource ISSN: 15226514; CODEN: IJPHF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online