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Manuscript Reference Number: B113

Title: Eggshell Treated Oil Palm Fronds (EG-OPF) as low-cost adsorbent for Methylene Blue Removal

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We appreciated the reviewer for his/her helpful comments. The manuscript has been revised after carefully considering the comments. All of the changes are marked with yellow highlighter in the manuscript.

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Suitability of title:

1 The title reflects the content. Thank you for the positive comment Abstract:

1 The abstract is well-written. Thank you for the positive comment Problem statement and review on past research:

1 The problem statement and literature review are vibrant and up-to-date.

Thank you for the positive comment

Materials and methods:

1 Page 3 line 12: change the term “UV/vis”

to “UV/Vis”.

The term has been corrected accordingly.

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2 Page 3 line 22: change “…by using Statistica…” to “…using Statistica…”

The sentence has been corrected accordingly. [Page 3, line 22]

Results & discussion:

1 The results were well discussed. Thank you for the positive comment Conclusion:

1 The conclusion is well-written. Thank you for the positive comment General Comments

1 There are several technical content errors were found in the article. The authors should use the full abbreviation for journal name on following references:

 Reference number 12

The references have been corrected accordingly. [Page 11, 12]