Removal of brilliant red HE-3B reactive dye using ion exchange celluloses

The ability of ion exchange celluloses to remove reactive dyes from aqueous solutions was investigated.The thermodynamic sorption of the Brilliant Red HE-3B reactive dye on ion exchange celluloses was studied using Langmuir isothermals equations at different temperatures. Other adsorption parameters studied were: initial dye concentration, pH of the solution, treatment time, temperature and type of celluloses. The results show that ion exchange celluloses exhibit better capacity for the reactive dye than some types of ion exchange resin do.