“Banana” solution for bronzing

Furocoumarins in Sun Protection and Bronzing Products

Structural effects on the interactions of Pb(II) ion with Modified Banana Shell and Banana Shell during adsorption from aqueous solution

Interaction of Pb(II) ion with modified banana shell (MBS) and banana shell (BS) during adsorption fromaqueous solution were investigated. Batch experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of contact time,pH, and IDMID ion concentration on adsorption efficiency. The favorable pll for maxim= Pb(II) adsorptionwas at 5.0. For the investigated IMOI) concentrations (10-80 mph), maximum ad...

Removal of Basic Blue 159 from Aqueous Solution Using Banana Peel as a Low-Cost Adsorbent

In this paper, the adsorption of Basic Blue159 (BB159) onto banana peel as a low-cost material was studied. At first, the banana peel was sieved. Later, banana peel particles were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) techniques. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out as a fu...

Exploring the bronzing effect at the surface of ink layers

We i nvestigate the optical phenomenon responsible for the colored shine that sometimes a ppears at the surface of ink layers i n t he s pecular direction, o ften ca lled bronzing or gloss di fferential. I t seems to co me from the w avelengthdependent refractive index of t he ink, which induces a wavelength-dependent reflectance of t he i nk-air interface. Our experiments o n c yan and magenta...

Removal of Congo Red from Aqueous Solution by Waste Banana Pith

The ability of waste banana pith to remove Congo red from aqueous solution was investigated. Various parameters such as initial dye concentration, contact time, adsorbent dosage and pH effect were studied. The adsorption rate constant was found to be 1 X 10. min'} at 50 mg I-I dye concentration. Above 92% removal was observed in the pH range 2-11. The removal of dye by banana pith is mostly due...