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Preparation, Characterization, and Environmental Application of Crosslinked Chitosan-Coated Bentonite for Tartrazine Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution volume 206, pages 225–236 (2010)Cite this article

Abstract

The preparation, characterization, and environmental application of crosslinked chitosan-coated bentonite (CCB) beads for tartrazine adsorption have been investigated. CCB beads were characterized by using Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area and Barrett–Joyner–Halenda (BJH) pore size distribution analyses were also determined. The values of pH of the aqueous slurry and pH of zero point charge (pHZPC) were almost equal. The adsorption at equilibrium of tartrazine was found to be a function of pH of the solution, stirring rate, contact time, and tartrazine concentration. The optimum conditions for tartrazine adsorption were pH 2.5, stirring rate of 400 rpm and contact time of 80 min. Pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models were used to analyze the kinetics of adsorption with the latter found to agree well with the kinetics data, suggesting that the rate determining step may be chemisorption. The two most common isotherm models, Langmuir and Freundlich, were used to describe the adsorption equilibrium data. On the basis of Langmuir isotherm model, the maximum adsorption capacities were determined to be 250.0, 277.8, and 294.1 mg g−1 at 300, 310, and 320 K, respectively. Desorption studies were carried out at different concentrations of EDTA, H2SO4, and NaOH. All desorbing solutions showed poor recovery of tartrazine.

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The authors are very grateful to the Universiti Sains Malaysia (Grant No. 304/229/PKIMIA/638166) for financial support of this work.

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    Wan Saime Wan Ngah, Noorul Farhana Md Ariff & Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah

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Wan Ngah, W.S., Ariff, N.F.M. & Hanafiah, M.A.K.M. Preparation, Characterization, and Environmental Application of Crosslinked Chitosan-Coated Bentonite for Tartrazine Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions. Water Air Soil Pollut 206, 225–236 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0098-5

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Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Crosslinked chitosan-coated bentonite
  • Desorption
  • Isotherm
  • Kinetic
  • Tartrazine