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Sorption and Desorption of Red 5 and Yellow 6 by a Fe-Zeolitic Tuff

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The capacity of an iron-modified zeolite was evaluated for the removal of two dyes (red 5 and yellow 6) use in foodstuff; the regeneration of the dye-saturated materials was also considered. The zeolitic material (clynoptilolite type) was treated with sodium chloride (Na-Ze) and then with ferric chloride (Fe-Ze). The sorption kinetics and isotherms were evaluated, considering the effect of pH on the sorption processes. Sorption–regeneration cycles using iron-modified zeolitic material were performed. The sorption kinetics showed that the sodium-modified zeolitic material removed neither red 5 nor yellow 6 dyes, while the iron-modified zeolitic material removed both dyes; the equilibrium time was reached in 48 h for yellow 6, and it was almost reached in the same time for red 5, the removal percentage for red 5 was 89.4 % and for yellow 6 was 96.7 %. The experimental data showed best adjustment to the pseudo-first-order model (Lagergren), which is based on a superficial reaction. The sorption capacities obtained by the sorption isotherms were 1.6 and 1.7 mg/g for red 5 and yellow 6, respectively. The experimental data were best adjusted to the Langmuir–Freundlich model which indicates that the sorption takes place on a heterogeneous material. It was also observed that the sorption capacities increase as the pH decreases. The results on the desorption processes showed that the best regenerator agent was Fenton’s reagent; the capacities increased in each sorption–regeneration cycle using this reagent; for the red 5, the sorption percentage was 73.6 % in the first cycle and 96.3 % in the third cycle and for yellow 6, the removal percentage was 66.7 % in the first cycle and 80.5 % in the second.

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We acknowledge to Enrique Torres Moye for the mineral samples and the financial support from DGEST project 4388.11-P and CONACYT project 131174Q.

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  1. División de Estudios de Posgrado, Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca, Av. Tecnológico s/n, Ex Rancho La Virgen, C.P. 52140, Metepec, Estado de México, México

    C. Salinas-Hernández & M. C. Díaz-Nava

  2. Departamento de Química, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, A.P. 18-1027, Col. Escandón, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11801, México, D.F., México

    C. Salinas-Hernández & M. Solache-Ríos

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Salinas-Hernández, C., Díaz-Nava, M.C. & Solache-Ríos, M. Sorption and Desorption of Red 5 and Yellow 6 by a Fe-Zeolitic Tuff. Water Air Soil Pollut 223, 4959–4968 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1250-1

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