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Methylene Blue Adsorption on Chitosan-g-Poly(Acrylic Acid)/Rice Husk Ash Superabsorbent Composite: Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamics

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A set of chitosan-g-poly(acrylic acid)/rice husk ash hydrogel composites was successfully employed as methylene blue (MB) adsorbent. Maximum MB adsorption capacity of 1952 mg/g of dried hydrogel was obtained with the composite at 5 wt% of rice husk ash (RHA) at pH ≥ 5. The adsorption capacity varied from 1450 to 1950 mg/g with increasing the initial MB concentration from 1500 to 2500 mg/L. The MB removal efficiency was higher than 90% for all samples. At pH ≥ 5, negatively charged groups (–COO−) in the adsorbent were generated, which could strongly interact with the positive charges from MB, favoring adsorption. Adsorption kinetics followed the pseudo-second-order model, which is based on the chemisorption phenomenon, reaching saturation as fast as 1 h of experiments due to the formation of an adsorbed MB monolayer, as suggested by the Langmuir isotherm model (type I). Desorption experiments showed that 75% of loaded MB can be removed from the adsorbent by immersing it in a pH 1 solution. CHT-g-PAAc/RHA5% composite was submitted to five cycles of adsorption/desorption, maintaining its MB removal efficiency at 91%. Therefore, chitosan-g-poly(acrylic acid)/RHA hydrogel composites present outstanding capacity to be employed in the remediation of MB-contaminated wastewaters.

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  1. Coordenação de Química, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA), Campus da CIDAO, 62040-730, Sobral, CE, Brazil

    Marcelo G. Vaz, Antônio C. N. Azevedo & Francisco H. A. Rodrigues

  2. Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), 85660-000, Dois Vizinhos, PR, Brazil

    Antonio G. B. Pereira

  3. Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

    André R. Fajardo

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Vaz, M.G., Pereira, A.G.B., Fajardo, A.R. et al. Methylene Blue Adsorption on Chitosan-g-Poly(Acrylic Acid)/Rice Husk Ash Superabsorbent Composite: Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamics. Water Air Soil Pollut 228, 14 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-3185-4

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