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Potential of Titanium Dioxide to Remove Bromothymol Blue (BTB) in Aqueous Solution by Batch Mode Adsorption–Kinetic, Isotherm and Thermodynamic Studies

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The adsorption is widely used to remove certain classes of pollutants from water, especially those that are hardly biodegradable and dyes represent one of these problematic groups. The removal of bromothymol blue (BTB) from wastewater using TiO2 was studied in batch system. The adsorbent TiO2 has a specific surface area of 400 m2/g, a mean crystallites sizes (5–10 nm), and pHpzc equal to 6.5. TiO2 is stable over the whole pH range and constitutes a good compromise between efficiency and stability (in both acidic and basic media), therefore, the use of other additives is not necessary. Its non-toxicity and low energy required for its activation (E ~ 3 eV) as well as its low cost for most of the applications envisaged make it advantageous. The influence of effective variables such as solution pH (1–10), contact time (0–60 min), initial BTB concentration (5–40 mg/l), adsorbent dose of TiO2 (0.2–2 g/l), and temperature (20–60 °C) on the adsorption efficiency was examined, while the BTB content was determined by UV–Vis spectrophotometry. The optimal pH, adsorbent dose, and contact time for the efficient removal were found to be 10, 0.2 g/l, and 30 min, respectively, and the adsorbent was characterized by the BET analysis and point of zero charge (pHpzc). Among the different kinetic models, the experimental data of the BTB removal are well fitted with the pseudo-first-order kinetic model with a high determination coefficient. The evaluation of the fitness of equilibrium data by various conventional isotherm models, based on the R2 value as criterion, show the successful applicability of the Langmuir model for the interpretation of experimental data with a maximum adsorption capacity (qmax) of 27.02 mg/g at 20 °C and R2 of 0.997. The adsorption isotherms at different temperatures have been used for the determination of the free energy (ΔGo = 2.1808 to—1.0981 kJ/mol), enthalpy (ΔHo = 20.74 kJ/mol), and entropy (ΔSo = 65.58 J/mol/K) indicate that the overall adsorption is spontaneous and endothermic in nature.

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Abbas, M. Potential of Titanium Dioxide to Remove Bromothymol Blue (BTB) in Aqueous Solution by Batch Mode Adsorption–Kinetic, Isotherm and Thermodynamic Studies. Fibers Polym 24, 603–612 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-023-00022-0

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