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Methylene Blue Dye Removal from Wastewater Using Ailanthus Excelsa Roxb as Adsorbent

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The removal of methylene blue dye from wastewater using Ailanthus excelsa Roxb was investigated via batch mode in this study. The following parameters were used: pH 2–12, contact time 0–240 min, adsorbent dose 0.1–1 g and dye concentration 12.5, 25, 50, 75 and 100 ppm. Various isotherms including Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin–Radushkevich (D–R) models and kinetics study including first-order, second-order, Lagergren equation and pseudo-second-order were carried out. The removal efficiency was found to be 68% at pH of 10, contact time of 180 min, initial concentration 100 ppm and 0.5 g/100 mL adsorbent dose at 300 K. Based on the coefficient of correlation, pseudo-second-order kinetics and the Freundlich isotherm model were found to best represent the dye removal. The experimental adsorption capacity was found to be 18.867 mg g−1. Thermodynamics study showed that the experiment performed was endothermic and spontaneous.

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Abbreviations

CI:

Color index

MB:

Methylene blue

ALP:

Ardu leaf powder

SSE:

Squares of the errors

RMSE:

Residual root mean square error

χ2:

Chi-square test

R2 :

Coefficient of determination

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    Sachin Bansal & Pankaj Kumar Pandey

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Bansal, S., Pandey, P.K. & Upadhayay, S. Methylene Blue Dye Removal from Wastewater Using Ailanthus Excelsa Roxb as Adsorbent. Water Conserv Sci Eng 6, 1–9 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41101-020-00097-3

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