Magnetic chitosan microspheres for the removal of methyl violet 2B from aqueous solutions

Luciane Torezan, Jordana Bortoluz, Nayrim Brizuela Guerra, Fabrício Ferrarini, Luis Rafael Bonetto, Cristiano da Silva Teixeira, Janaina da Silva Crespo, Marcelo Giovanela, Larissa Nardini Carli

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Abstract

This work aimed to evaluate the adsorption capacity of magnetic chitosan microspheres for the removal of methyl violet (MV) 2B dye. For this purpose, magnetite was prepared by chemical precipitation of iron salts in alkaline medium and incorporated to chitosan microspheres which were obtained by the suspension cross-linking technique. The influence of the experimental parameters, such as adsorbent dosage (0.05 to 0.25 g), stirring frequency (100 to 800 rpm), pH (2.0 to 12.0), initial dye concentration (30 to 90 mg L−1), and contact time (5 to 480 min), as well as the equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics were also evaluated. Furthermore, five isotherm models and three kinetic models were tested to analyze the experimental data. The results evidenced that the equilibrium was better described by the Langmuir isotherm (qm = 128.84 mg g−1), although the statistical Fisher's test showed that other models could also be applied to describe the experimental results. Kinetics studies showed that the adsorption followed the pseudo-second order model with a significant difference between the tested models and that the adsorption process involves more than one sorption rate. It was also found that the adsorption of MV 2B dye onto magnetic chitosan microspheres was an exothermic (ΔH°ads = −1.70 kJ mol−1) and spontaneous (ΔG°ads = −3.96 kJ mol−1) process. Finally, it can be concluded that the magnetic chitosan microspheres constituted an efficient and inexpensive material for the removal of the MV 2B dye from aqueous solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1170-1182
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Volume44
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • adsorption
  • chitosan
  • magnetite
  • methyl violet 2B dye
  • wastewater treatment

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