Humic acid based biopolymeric membrane for effective removal of methylene blue and rhodamine B

Shenvi, Seema S. and Isloor, Arun M. and Ismail, Ahmad F. and Shilton, Simon J. and Al Ahmed, Amir (2015) Humic acid based biopolymeric membrane for effective removal of methylene blue and rhodamine B. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 54 (18). pp. 4965-4975. ISSN 0888-5885 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00761)

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Abstract

Humic acid was immobilized on a polypropylene supported sodium alginate/hydroxyethyl cellulose blend membrane in the current work. The adsorption property of this membrane for the removal of cationic dyes, namely, methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RhB) was extensively studied. Batch-adsorption experiments were conducted to investigate the adsorption behavior of dyes on the membrane with variation in adsorbent mass, initial dye concentration, pH, time and temperature. The membranes were characterized by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Atomic force microscopy (AFM). Prepared membranes showed more than 98% removal capacity for both dyes under optimal conditions. Kinetic experiments revealed that, the pseudo second order model exhibited best correlation with the adsorption data. Dubinin-Radushkevich model indicated that, the adsorption of dyes onto the membrane surface was by simple physisorption. The membrane was easily regenerated by simple acid treatment and its efficiency remained significant even after four adsorption cycles.

ORCID iDs

Shenvi, Seema S., Isloor, Arun M., Ismail, Ahmad F., Shilton, Simon J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5287-1834 and Al Ahmed, Amir;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:53089
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    13 May 2015
    Published
    23 April 2015
    Published Online
    23 April 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:This document is the unedited author's version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work, see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00761
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Chemical and Process Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:26 May 2015 11:23
    Last modified:14 Nov 2024 08:47
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53089
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