Abstract
This research paper reports the utilization of gum xanthan-grafted-polyacrylic acid and Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles based nanocomposite hydrogel (NCH) for the highly effective adsorption of methyl violet (MV) from aqueous solution. Synthesized NCH was characterized using various techniques, such as FTIR, XRD, SEM-EDS, TEM and BET. Adsorption behavior of NCH was studied for the adsorption of MV and it was found to remove 99% dye from the solution. Adsorption process followed Langmuir isotherm model (qe = 642 mg/g) and pseudo-second-order kinetics model. Thermodynamic studies suggested that the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous. Moreover, the adsorbent was successfully utilized for successive five cycles of adsorption-desorption.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules |
Volume | 89 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Adsorption
- Gum xanthan
- Isotherms
- Kinetics
- Methyl violet
- Nanocomposite hydrogel
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology