Synthesis of Hybrid Ion Exchanger for Rhodamine B Dye Removal

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Synthesis of hybrid ion exchanger for rhodamine B dye removal: Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies Saruchi Sharma, Vaneet Kumar, Balbir Singh Balbir Singh Kaith, and Rajeev Jindal Jindal Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b01690 • Publication Date (Web): 19 Sep 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on September 19, 2016

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Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

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Synthesis of hybrid ion exchanger for rhodamine B dye removal: Equilibrium, kinetic and

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thermodynamic studies

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Saruchi*1, 3, Vaneet Kumar2, B S Kaith3 and Rajeev Jindal3

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Corresponding author:

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Dr Saruchi

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SSS National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab, India’

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E-mail: [email protected]

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Phone: +919023991540

Biochemical Conversion Devision

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E-mail: [email protected]

Dr Vaneet Kumar, CT Group of Institutions, Jalandhar, India

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Punjab, India

Department of Chemistry, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar,

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*SS Supporting Information

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ABSTRACT:

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A systematic method was employed to synthesize organic-inorganic based hybrid ion-exchanger

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for the removal of rhodamine B dye from aqueous solution. Ion exchange capacity of the hybrid

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ion exchanger was found to be 2.4 meq/g. The morphology, chemical structure and elemental

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analysis of the synthesized hybrid ion exchanger were investigated by SEM, FTIR and EDS

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analytical techniques. Effects of different reaction parameters like contact time, temperature and

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pH were also investigated. The adsorption kinetics of rhodamine B molecules onto synthesized

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hybrid ion exchanger were studied and compared using psudo-first-order and pseudo-second-

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order and found that pseudo-second-order best reprented the adsorption process. The Weber-

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Morris intraparticle diffusion result showed that intra-particle diffusion is not the rate limiting

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step. The adsorption isotherm model Langmuir, Freundlich, Dubinin-Radushkevich, Tempkin

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and Redlich-Peterson isotherms were studied and found that the Langmuir is the best-fitting

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models for the experimental. An increase in temperature resulted in a decrease in rhodamine B

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dye removal, suggesting that the adsorption process was exothermic. Maximum dye removal was

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found to be 98.3 %. The kinetics of adsorption followed a pseudo-second order rate equation.

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KEYWORDS: Hybrid ion exchanger, Distribution behavior and rhodamine B

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1. INTRODUCTION

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One of the major contaminates of water is dye pollutant, which comes from textile, paper

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and leather industries1,2. Discharging waste water from these industries can contaminate surface

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as well as ground water. This causes serious damage to the aquatic flora and fauna as these dyes

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may be toxic and mutagenic in nature3-5. Most common method used to treat waste water

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includes adsorption, filtration, biodegradation, photo degradation, reverse osmosis, coagulation,

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chemical treatment and ion-exchanger. Ion-exchanger is one of the best methods to remove these

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dyes from waste water6-8.

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The interest in organic-inorganic hybrid ion exchange materials has increased considerably in the

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last few decades because of their stability at high temperature and high ion exchange capacity.

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These are found to be more suitable than natural or commercial ion exchanger because of the

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selectivity for certain ions or groups. Stability can be utilized in ion exchange process for the

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treatment of waste water 9-11. Dowex HCR-S a synthetic resin is used to remove different heavy

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metal such as cadmium (Cd2+), nickel (Ni2+) and zinc (Zn2+) from aqueous solutions and found

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that adsorption rate increased with increase in the initial concentration of metal ions, stirring

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speed and temperature. Adsorption kinetics through different isotherm models like Langmuir,

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Freundlich, Temkin, Elovich, Khan, Sips, Toth, Radke-Praunstrzki, Koble-Corrigan were also

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studied12-14. Hydrous oxides were the most commonly used exchangers, but they lacked chemical

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stability. Organic-inorganic ion exchangers based on tetravalent metals has been considerably

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studied in the recent years because of their selectivity and intercalation properties. Zirconium

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based ion exchangers have been used because of their excellent ion-exchange behavior.

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Heteropolyacid salts based on titanium, thorium and zirconium have been reported in the

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literature as ion exchange materials. Ion exchangers prepared through these materials have better

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properties like stability and high ion exchange capacity as compared to the simple salts of

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metals15-17.

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Rhodamine B belongs to the class of xanthene dyes and is highly soluble in water. If

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swallowed it is harmful to human beings and animals. It causes irritation to skin, eyes and

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respiratory tract. It is a chronic neurotoxin and is carcinogenic to humans and animals. Because

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of such harmful effect of this dye researchers all over the world are concerned for the removal of

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the dye from the industrial waste water before it discharges into the environment18,19.

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The present work deals with the synthesis of Gum tragacanth-zirconium (IV)

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tungstoiodophosphate based organic-inorganic hybrid ion exchanger. Literature survey revealed

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that three-component based ion exchangers (i.e.) zirconium (IV) iodooxalate, zirconium (IV)

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phosphosilicate, zirconium (IV) phosphoburate, zirconium (IV) tungstophosphate and zirconium

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(IV) iodophosphate have been studied for their ion exchange behavior and analytical

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applications. However zirconium (IV) tungstoiodophosphate and Gum tragacanth based ion

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exchanger was not synthesized earlier. Synthesized Gum tragacanth-zirconium (IV)

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tungstoiodophosphate based ion exchanger has high ion exchange capacity as well as higher

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chemical and thermal stability. A comparison of synthesized adsorbent with the existing

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adsorbent for the removal of rhodamine B is given in Table S120-25. The present work is also

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concerned with the characterization of Gum tragacanth-zirconium (IV) tungstoiodophosphate

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based ion exchanger and their evaluation for the removal of rhodamine B dye.

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2. EXPERIMENTAL

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2.1. Materials and analytical methods

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Gum tragacanth (SD Fine Chemical Pvt. Ltd.), acrylic acid, glutaraldehyde, ascorbic

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acid, potassium persulphate (Merck), Zirconium (IV) oxychloride (ZrOCl2.8H2O), sodium

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tungstate, potassium iodate, orthophosphoric acid (Qualigens).

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2.2. Synthesis of hybrid ion exchanger

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A mixture of 0.1 M ZrOCl2.8H2O solution, 0.5 M sodium tungstate, potassium iodate and

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1M orthophosphoric acid in known volume ratios with intermittent shaking was prepared and pH

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was maintained at 1.0. 5 mL of the resulting mixture was taken in a reaction flask. It was

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followed by the addition of Gum tragacanth (1.0 g), ascorbic acid-potassium persulphate were

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added with continuous stirring followed by the addition of glutaraldehyde (0.5305 ×10-3 mol L-)

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and acrylic acid with thoroughly stirring to attain the homogeneity. Resulting mixture was kept

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in hot air oven at temperature of 50°C for about 2 hours26,27. After cooling to room temperature it

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was washed with acetone and was dried in the hot air oven at 60 oC. After that it was kept in the

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solution of 1M HNO3 to convert the product into the H+ form for about 24 hours and again dried.

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The resulting ion exchanger was then crushed to get the particle of mesh size around 50-60. Ion

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exchanger in different volume ratio of the mixture (Table S2) was prepared to get the ion

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exchanger having higher IEC value 28.

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2.3. Studies of Physico-Chemical Properties of Ion-Exchanger

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2.3.1. Ion-Exchange Capacity (IEC)

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The ion exchange capacity of the synthesized ion exchanger was determined by the

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column process. 0.5g of the ion exchanger (H+ form) was packed in a glass column and washed

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with demineralized water maintaining the flow rate 20 drops per minute, to remove any excess of

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acid that remained on the particles until it becomes acid free and it was confirmed using pH

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paper. After that 100 mL of 1M solution of KCl was passed through the column maintaining the

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flow rate 20 drops per minute. The effluent was collected and titrated against the standard NaOH

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solution to determine the total H+ ions released. The ion exchange capacity of the synthesized

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hybrid ion exchangers was calculated using the equation given below29: 5



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IEC

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2.3.2. Effect of Temperature on IEC of synthesized Ion Exchanger

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Thermo gravimetric analysis of the synthesized hybrid ion exchanger was performed at a

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heating rate of 10°C min–1. The effect of heating on the ion-exchange capacity of the material

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was also examined. The synthesized hybrid ion exchanger was heated at different temperatures

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for 1 h in a muffle furnace and the ion-exchange capacity for K+ was evaluated by the column

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process as described in Section 2.3.1 after cooling it to room temperature30.

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2.3.3. pH Titration of Hybrid Ion Exchanger

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pH titration was performed by the batch process using the method of Topp and Pepper31.

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0.5g of the synthesized ion exchanger was placed in each of the several 250 mL conical flasks

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followed by equimolar solution of alkali metal chlorides (KCl, NaCl) and their hydroxides

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(KOH, NaOH) in different volume ratios, the final volume was maintained up to 50 mL to

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maintain the ionic strength constant. The pH of each solution was measured and plotted against

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milliequivalents of OH ions31,32.

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2.3.4. Chemical stability

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Effect of different chemical solutions on IEC was studied. The extent of dissolution of

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exchanger was equilibrated with 25 mL of the different solutions like 1M HCl, 2M HCl, 1M

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HNO3 and 2M HNO3 for twenty four hours at room temperature. The remaining amount of

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material was filtered and washed by water. After removal of excess acid or base, it was dried in

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hot air oven at 50oC. The IEC of remaining material was determined by column method as

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described in Section 2.3.1.

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2.3.5. Distribution Studies of synthesized Ion exchanger

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Distribution studies were carried out for three metal ions by batch process. The metal ion

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solutions were treated with the known amount of the exchanger separately. 6 hours shaking of

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solutions was done to maintain equilibrium using a shaker. Then solutions were kept as such for

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a definite interval of time at room temperature. A definite volume of the solution was taken into

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conical flask using a pipette and titrated against EDTA solution. The metal ion solutions without

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exchanger were also titrated against EDTA solution. The distribution coefficient (Kd) values for

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synthesized hybrid ion exchanger for metal ions was calculated using the following equation32,33

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=

( − ) ( )

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Where, I and F are initial and final metal ion concentration, respectively. V is the volume of

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solution and W is the weight of the ion exchanger

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Removal of rhodamine B dye was studied through batch experiment. The concentration

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of the rhodamine B dye was varied from 10-100 ppm. A known weight of the synthesized

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sample was taken in the 100 mL of dye solution having known concentration. Effect of

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physiological pH, dye concentration, temperature and synthesized sample dosage on dye removal

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was studied. The amount of dye removed from per unit mass of the synthesized sample (qt) was

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calculated using the equation given below32,33:

=

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Where, Co and Ct are the concentration of dye at the initial stage and after time t, V is the volume

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of the dye solution; M is the mass of the synthesized material.

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Where, Co and Ce are the initial and equilibrium concentration of dye; %R is the percentage

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removal of dye.

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3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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3.1. Ion Exchange Capacity (IEC)

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The ion-exchange capacity of the synthesized ion exchanger at different volume ratio of

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the mixture was calculated and the maximum ion-exchange capacity was found to be 2.4 meq/g

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at the volume ratio of 1:1:3:1. IEC of different volume ratio are given in Table S3. The

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synthesized ion exchanger was optimized with respect to ion exchange capacity and the

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maximum ion exchange capacity occurred at the volume ratio of 1:1:3:1. Further all the reactions

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were carried out using this volume ratio.

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3.2. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR)

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IR spectrum of synthesized ion exchanger showed broad peaks at 3398 cm-1 (O-H

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stretching of carbohydrates), 2928 cm-1 (-CH stretching), 1039 cm-1 (-C-O stretching region as

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complex bands resulting from C-O and C-O-C stretching vibrations), one peak at 1377cm-1 due

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to CH, CH2 and OH in plane bending in carbohydrates and peak at668 cm-1 (pyranose ring)

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(Figure 1a ). New peaks at 2927 cm-1 (C-H stretching of CH3, CH2) and 1724 cm-1 (C=O

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stretching of COOH) were observed which suggested that these functional groups may interact

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with the rhodamine B dye (Figure 1b).

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3.3. Energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)

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In order to have the conducting impact, the samples were gold plated and the scanning

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was synchronized with microscopic beam so as to maintain the small size over a large distance

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relative to the specimen. The EDS of the Gum tragacanth clearly indicates that the constituents

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of Gum tragacanth are carbon and hydrogen only (Figure S 1a). EDS spectra of the synthesized

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ion exchanger clearly showed that in the synthesized ion exchanger zirconium (Zr), tunguston

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(W) and phosphorous (P) are present (Figure S 1b).

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3.4. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

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In order to have the conducting impact, the samples were gold plated and the scanning was

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synchronized with microscopic beam so as to maintain the small size over a large distance

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relative to the specimen. A three dimensional appearance with high resolution was obtained in

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synthesized ion exchanger. SEM images clearly exhibited the differences in the surface

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morphology of the Gum tragacanth (see Figure S2a) and synthesized ion exchanger (Figure

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S2b). Smaller granules and folded structure were observed in case of synthesized organo

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inorganic hybrid ion exchangers. The surface morphology of the synthesized ion exchanger

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showed many folded structure inside it and this provide a large surface area to interact with the

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rhodamine B dye and it is quite clear from the Figs. (Figure S2b and S2c) that there is no change

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in the surface morphology after treating the synthesized ion exchanger with rhodamine B dye.

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Thus, it can be concluded that no distinct change occurred in the surface morphology before and

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after dye treatment.

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3.5. X-ray diffraction

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Gum tragacanth was found to be less crystalline in comparison to synthesized ion

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exchanger with least coherence value. It has been observed that anisotropy decreases with

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increase in coherence length. In case of synthesized ion exchanger (Figure 2b) maximum

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intensity peak correspond to 2θ=20.1485o (L= 0.12426 Å) which is higher than that of Gum

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tragacanth (L= 0.0816 Å) (Figure 2a) indicating that the synthesized ion exchanger are more

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crystalline.

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3.6. Evaluation of Various Properties of Ion-Exchanger

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3.6.1. Effect of Temperature on Ion Exchange Capacity

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The ion exchange capacity of synthesized ion exchangers was found to be affected by

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drying temperature. As the drying temperature increases ion-exchange capacity decreases. The

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results are given in Table S4. It is quite clear from the results that ion exchange capacity of the

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synthesized ion exchangers decreases with increase in temperature which may be due to the

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reason that at high temperature physical denaturation of network at both molecular and

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macroscopic levels takes place.

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pH titration curve of synthesized ion exchanger was shown in Figure S3. Initially the pH

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of the ion- exchanger is low (~2.9) in each case but with the increase in KCl/KOH and

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NaCl/NaOH the pH increases. It appears to be strong cation exchanger as indicated by a low pH

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(~2.9) of the solution when no OH- ion was added. As the volume of NaOH added to the system

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is increased, more OH- ions are consumed suggesting in the increase of the rate of ion exchange

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in basic medium due to the removal of H+ ions from the external solution (Figure S3). The

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experiments were carried-out in triplicate to maintain the accuracy as well as the reproducibility

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of the data.

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3.6.3. Chemical Stability

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The effect of various chemicals of different molarity on ion exchange capacity of the

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synthesized ion exchanger was studied and it was found that weight of ion exchanger sample

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decrease when dipped in 2M HCl, 2M HNO3,1M HCl, and 1M HNO3. The effect of ion

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exchange capacity of synthesized ion exchanger in different mineral acids is presented in Table 1

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and Increase in ion exchange capacity may be due to disintegration of the ion-exchanger under

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acidic conditions as the weight loss was observed 34.

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The distribution studies showed high Kd values for Pb2+ and hence ion exchanger was

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found to be highly selective for Pb2+. The selectivity of Pb2+ may be due to reason that the size of

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this cation just match with the size of the cavity in the respective exchanger matrix. This cation

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forms stronger M-O bond hence is preferred over the other cations which don’t have appropriate

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size. The study revealed that the material, in DMW showed high preference in the following

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order: Pb2+> Cu2+> K+>, so the exchanger is lead selective. Reported ion exchanger zirconium

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(IV) tungstoiodophosphate also shows a very high selectivity towards Pb2+ ions over the other

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ions35. The results for distribution studies are summarized in Table 2.

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3.8. Dye removal from aqueous solution

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The efficiency of synthesized sample was evaluated for the dye removal from aqueous

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solution. Various parameters like dye concentration, synthesized sample doses, pH and

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temperature were optimized in order to get the maximum dye removal from aqueous solution.

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Schematic presentation of adsorption mechanism of rhodamine B dye on synthesized hybrid ion

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exchanger (Gt-Zr) is given in scheme 1.

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Scheme 1: Schematic presentation of adsorption of rhodamine B on synthesized Gt-Zr

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based adsorbent.

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3.8.1. Effect of synthesized sample dosage on dye removal

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The effect of sample dosage on removal of rhodamine B dye was studied in the range of

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1-5 g/L. The dye removal using different dosage of synthesized sample is presented in Fig. 6. It

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is quite clear from the results that percentage dye removal was increased with increase in the

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dosage level. The maximum dye removal (98.3%) was observed with 5g/L of the sample dose. It

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was due to the fact that in the presence of higher dose of the adsorbent leads to increase in

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surface area for the adsorption of dye and thus increases the removal of rhodamine B from the

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solution or in simple words this can also be explained that larger dosage size provides large

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active sites for the removal of dye (Figure S4) 36,37.

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3.8.2. Effect of pH

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The effect of solution pH on dye removal was also investigated in the present study. Dye

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removal from synthesized ion exchanger is highly affected by the solution pH. When the solution

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pH was less than pKa2 (7.7) the dye removal was found to be 89%. Above the pKa2 at pH 10 the

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dye removal was decreased sharply and was found to be 18% only38. In acidic condition i.e. at

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pH 4, the dye removal was found to be 78%. This showed that pH has great influence on the dye

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removal from synthesized ion exchanger. The pHpzc is the point of zero discharge, which is

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defined as the point where the net charge of the adsorbent surface is zero. pHzac of the

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synthesized ion exchanger occurred at pH 9. pH was monitored using a paper pH strip. All the

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experiments were carried out for this study was in triplicate.

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Effect of initial dye concentration on percentage dye removal was also investigated by

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varying the dye concentration from 10-80 ppm. The results obtained showed that percentage dye

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removal was found maximum (98%) using 10 ppm dye (Figure 3)39.

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3.8.4. Thermodynamics Parameters

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Temperature dependency of adsorption process were obtained using different thermodynamic

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parameters like Gibbs function change (∆G0), standard enthalpy change (∆H0) and standard

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entropy change (∆S0).

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The value of ∆H0 and ∆S0 were obtained from the slope and intercept of the linear plot of

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vs 1/T (Figure 4) and the results are given in Table 3. The value of Kd was obtained at different

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temperature from dye adsorption at different concentration. It is quite clear from the results that

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dye removal was gradually decreased with increase in temperature which indicated exothermic

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nature of dye removal. The positive value of ∆G0 at all the temperature indicated that dye

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removal process is not spontaneous. The value of ∆G0 decreases with decrease in temperature

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indicated that dye removal was higher at low temperature. The negative value of ∆H0 confirmed

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that dye removal process is exothermic in nature.

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3.9. Dye removal Kinetics

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Removal of dye using synthesized sample depends upon the chemical and physical

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interaction of the dye and the surface of the synthesized sample. The dye removal using

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synthesized sample was evaluated in terms of the dye removal kinetics by measuring removal of

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dye at different time interval (qt) until equilibrium (qe) reached for a known amount of initial

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concentration of rhodamine B dye. Pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order and Weber-Morris

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intraparticle diffusion models were used for characterizing the kinetics data of dye removal40,41.

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The linearised equation of pseudo-first-order is expressed as:

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Where qt is the amount of rhodamine B dye adsorbed on the synthesized ion exchanger

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(mg/g) at time t, k1 is the pseudo-first-order rate constant (min-1). Linear plot of ln(qe - qt) vs t

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was used to derive the values of pseudo-first-order parameter. Pseudo-first-order differ in two

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ways from true order equation: the qe parameters does not represent the number of available sites

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and the log qe parameter is not frequently equal to the intercept of the plot (logqe - logqt) vs t,

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which propose that pseudo-first-order equation is an approximate solution to the first order rate

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mechanism.

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Pseudo-second-order equation is expressed as:

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Where, qt and qe are the dye removal at time t and equilibrium, respectively. Kp is the rate

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constant for intra particle diffusion and K2 (g mg-1 min-1) is the second order rate constant.

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Kinetic parameters like qt, k2, kp and c were determined by directly fitting the value of qt and t in

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the above equation.

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The different parameters of the kinetics models were summarized in Table 4. The R2 is one of

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the most important determinants, which showed that which experimental data best fitted the

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model42,43. It is quite clear from the results that the value of R2 for pseudo-second-order (0.973 to

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0.987) are higher than those obtained from the pseudo-first-order (0.961 to 0.974) (Figures 5a,b

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and Table 4), therefore, based on the value of R2, it can be concluded that the pseudo-second-

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order model is best fitted to the experimental data. 16


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Weber-Morris intraparticle diffusion models describes the diffusion mechanism and is expressed

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as: = & / +

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(8)

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Where k3 and C are the intraparticle diffusion rate constant (mg g-1 min-1/2) and intercept,

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respectively. The linear plot of qt vs t1/2 were used to determine the parameters k3 and C. The

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intercept C should cross the origin if the diffusion mechanism is controlled by intraparticle

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diffusion as per the Weber-Morris model, but as shown in Figure 5c and Table 4 all the intercept

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are non zero i.e. not crossing the origin, thus it showed that intra particle diffusion is not rate

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limiting.

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3.10. Adsorption Isotherms

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The two widely used isotherms, the theoretical Langmuir and empirical Freundlich to model the

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adsorption equilibrium data were examined.

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Langmuir isotherm is one of the best isotherms which are applied to solid/liquid system to

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describe the saturated monolayer adsorption. It can be represented as below36,44,45:

. =

./01 2 (3)

/2

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Where, Ce is the concentration of dye at equilibrium. KL is the Langmuir constant (dm3/g) Qmax

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is the monolayer capacity of the synthesized sample (mg/g). The values of constants KL and Qmax

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were calculated from the intercept and slope of the linear plot of 1/Qe and 1/Ce (Figure 6) and the

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results are given in Table 5.

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The shape of the Langmuir isotherm was calculated from the dimensionless constant called

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separation factor RL 36,46-48.

2 =

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( )

+ 2 (

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Where, Ci is the initial concentration of the dye, KL is the Langmuir constant. The value of RL

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indicates the type of isotherm. If the value of RL =1, it indicates linear isotherm, if RL = 0, it

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indicates isotherm to be irreversible, if the value lies (0

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