Removal of the synthetic dye Remazol Brilliant Blue R from textile industry wastewaters by biosorption on the macrophyte Salvinia natans
Batch experiments were carried out for biosorption of Remazol Brilliant Blue R dye onto the macrophyte Salvinia natans. Effects of parameters such as initial dye concentration, pH, biosorbent dosage, contact time and temperature were investigated. Chemical and morphological characteristics of the biosorbent were evaluated before and after the biosorption process using methods such as Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR). Sorption kinetics were conducted and followed a pseudo-second order kinetic model. Equilibrium data were well represented by the Langmuir model. Salvinia natans exhibited a maximum uptake of 61.9 mg.g-1. The Dubinin-Radushkevich model indicated that the adsorption takes place by a physical process. Thermodynamic parameters were estimated. The negative values of the Gibbs energy indicated the spontaneous nature of the adsorption. The entropy was positive and the positive value of the enthalpy showed that the process is endothermic.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
2014
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322014000400021 |
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