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Removal of Cibacron Blue P-3R (RB 49) dye from aqueous solution using chemo-physically activated biochar from Agave fiber waste

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This paper presents the use of Agave leaves for the removal of an anionic dye Cibacron Blue P 3R (CB) from aqueous solution. The work reports the preparation of activated material (ALa) by impregnation with H3PO4 and carbon fibers (ALc) by pyrolysis at 800°C, from Agave leaves (AL). The materials were characterized by potentiometric titrations, scanning electron microscope, thermogravimetric analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Initial pH, contact time, and initial dye concentration were evaluated in batch mode studies. Statistical analysis root-mean-square error (RMSE) was compared in the Langmuir, Freundlich, and kinetic equations. The kinetic investigation was fitted with pseudo-second-order model for both native (AL), calcined (ALc) and activated (ALa) adsorbents with R2 values higher than 0.99. Processes were well described with Langmuir isotherm model at the dye concentration range of 10–250 mg/L for all adsorbents. AL, ALa, and ALc samples exhibited, at pH=2.2, high maximum adsorption capacity of 20.83, 50.76, and 102.04 mg/g respectively. The experimental data are fitted well by the Langmuir in case of native (AL) and activated (ALa) adsorbents, where a high correlation coefficients (R2) and a low root-mean-square errors (RMSE). For the adsorption of CB dye on the calcined material (ALc), the Freundlich mode perfectly describes the adsorption process with a very low-root-mean-squares error (RMSE) = 0.62.

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The textile dye Cibacron Blue (RB 49) is adsorbed on the Agave fiber

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The authors appreciate the effort of the management of Tizi-Ouzou University of Algeria, for equipping the Laboratory of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, for research work where this research work was carried out. In addition, we would like to thank Pr Samuel Mignard, for his help in the FTIR analysis, TGA, and pyrolysis (Institute of Chemistry of Environments and Materials (IC2MP) of Poitiers France).

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    Kahina Bouhadjra & Wahiba Lemlikchi

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  3. Laboratory of Materials and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University Benyoucef Benkhadda Algiers 1, Algiers, Algeria

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  4. Institut of Chemistry of Environments and Materials of Poitiers (IC2MP) Poitiers, Poitiers, France

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Mme Bouhadjra Kahina wrote the main manuscript text, and Lemlikchi Wahiba designed the research. Pr Samuel Mignard confirmed the results in the FTIR analysis, TGA, and pyrolysis. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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We report the use of Agave leaves (AL) for the removal of an anionic dye Cibacron Blue P 3R (CB) from aqueous solution. The sorption of CB by native sorbent was lower than the other materials. Experimental results show that ALc possesses a greater capacity than ALa and AL. The capacity of adsorption for ALc (qmax = 102.22 mg/g) is well enhanced thanks to the physical modification. Regarding CB dye biosorption onto ALc, the biosorption process was favorable (1/n = 0.278). As reported in the literature, these results are better than those of many other adsorbents in the adsorption of anionic dyes (Table 5).

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Bouhadjra, K., Lemlikchi, W. & Mignard, S. Removal of Cibacron Blue P-3R (RB 49) dye from aqueous solution using chemo-physically activated biochar from Agave fiber waste. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 225–235 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01397-x

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