Research Article
Methylene Blue Dye Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Several Solid Stationary Phases Prepared from Papyrus Plant
El-Wakil AM, Abou El-Maaty WM* and Ahmed Abd Al-Ridha OudahDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
- *Corresponding Author:
- Abou El-Maaty WM
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science, Mansoura University
Mansoura, Egypt
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E-mail: dr.weam_elmaaty@yahoo.com
Received date: October 06, 2015; Accepted date: November 02, 2015; Published date: November 09, 2015
Citation: El-Wakil AM, Abou El-Maaty WM, Al-Ridha Oudah AA (2015) Methylene Blue Dye Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Several Solid Stationary Phases Prepared from Papyrus Plant. J Anal Bioanal Tech S13:003. doi:10.4172/2155-9872.S13-003
Copyright: © 2015 El-Wakil AM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The activated carbon samples (SC and PC) were prepared from papyrus plant by chemical activation with sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid, respectively. The SC and PC were then modified with nitric acid to give the oxidized sulfuric carbon (OSC) and oxidized phosphoric carbon (OPC) and utilized for removing Methylene Blue (MB) from aqueous solution with initial dye concentration (5-650) mg/L and a temperature of 25-45°C. The effects of pH, contact time, initial concentration of MB and temperature on adsorption, as well as the thermodynamics and kinetics were investigated. The experimental results showed that: (1) The adsorption capacity of MB was dependent upon pH and maximum adsorption occurs at pH 8. (2) The adsorption process was in good agreement with the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. (3) The adsorption kinetics followed a pseudo-second order kinetic model and intra particle diffusion was involved in the adsorption process. (4) Thermodynamic results indicated that the adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic in nature. The proposed adsorbent was successfully applied for the removal of Methylene Blue (MB) from aqueous solution with a percent recovery of the sample SC 98.9%, PC 98.3%, OSC 97.5%, OPC 95.05% when using 0.1-1M HCl.
