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Highly adsorptive chitosan/saponin-bentonite composite film for removal of methyl orange and Cr(VI)

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Robust and simple composite films for the removal of methyl orange (MO) and Cr(VI) have been prepared by combining chitosan, saponin, and bentonite at a specific ratio. There are several composite films (chitosan-saponin-bentonite (CSB)) prepared; among them, the composite films CSB2:3 and CSB1:1 have the highest removal efficiency toward MO and Cr(VI) where the maximum removal is 70.4% (pH 4.80) and 92.3% (pH 5.30), respectively. It was found that different types of adsorbate have different thermodynamic properties of the adsorption process; the adsorption of MO onto CSB2:3, chitosan, and acid-activated bentonite (AAB) proceeded endothermically, while the adsorption of Cr(VI) onto CSB1:1, chitosan, and AAB proceeded exothermically. The parameters of the adsorption were modeled by using isotherm and kinetic equations. The models of Langmuir, Freundlich, Redlich-Peterson, Sips, and Toth were used for fitting the adsorption isotherm data at a temperature of 30, 45, and 60 °C; all of the isotherm models could represent the data well. The result indicates that CSB2:3 has the highest adsorption capacity toward MO with qm of 360.90 mg g−1 at 60 °C; meanwhile, CSB1:1 has the highest adsorption capacity toward Cr(VI) with qm 641.99 mg g−1 at 30 °C. The pseudo-second-order model could represent the adsorption kinetics data better than the pseudo-first-order equation. The adsorption mechanism was proposed, and the thermodynamic properties of the adsorption were also studied.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Kalijudan 37, Surabaya, 60114, Indonesia

    Livy Laysandra, Immanuel Joseph Ondang, Benedikta Hervina Ariandini, Agatha Mariska, Felycia Edi Soetaredjo, Shella Permatasari Santoso & Suryadi Ismadji

  2. Graduate Institute of Applied Science, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43 Keelung Road, Sec 4, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan

    Yi-Hsu Ju

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43 Keelung Road, Sec 4, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan

    Jindrayani Nyoo Putro

  4. Faculty of Pharmacy, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Pakuwon City, Kalisari 1, Surabaya, 60112, Indonesia

    Farida Lanawati Darsono

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Laysandra, L., Ondang, I.J., Ju, YH. et al. Highly adsorptive chitosan/saponin-bentonite composite film for removal of methyl orange and Cr(VI). Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 5020–5037 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-4035-2

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