Fabrication of activated carbon, polyvinyl alcohol–based alginate composite beads for the removal of methylene blue
摘要
Here in this research, activated carbon derived from susbine biomass was prepared and incorporated into polyvinyl alcohol and sodium alginate. To prepare composite beads, the gel was added into 4% CaCl2 solution. The CaCl2 was used as cross-linking agents. After cross-linking, the composite beads were successfully synthesized and used to adsorb methylene blue from water. For characterization of the composite beads, various analyses like FTIR, SEM, EDX, and TGA were used. Various adsorption variables such as pH (2–11), dose of composite beads (0.0025–0.020 g), concentrations (100–600 mg/L), time (30–300 min), and temperature (25–45 °C) were investigated. The current study showed that maximum MB adsorption on composite beads was 1428.25 mg/L at pH 10. Moreover, the results of MB adsorption studies on composite beads indicated that it best followed pseudo-second kinetic model (R2 0.999), whereas the data best fitted to the Langmuir isotherm (R2 0.999). Thermodynamic study revealed that the adsorption process was endothermic (∆H° = 1.21 J/mol), while the negative value of ∆G° (− 2.028 J/mol at 298 K) described that MB is spontaneously adsorbed on composite beads.
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