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Removal of Rhodamine B from aqueous solution by stalk corn activated carbon: adsorption and kinetic study

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Dye-containing wastewaters impose a serious threat to the environment. Adsorption is useful approach for decontamination of contaminated media. In this study, activated carbon prepared from stalk corn (namely SCBAC) was used for removal of Rhodamine B (RhB) from aqueous solution. The effect of pH (3–11), adsorbent dosage (0.5–2.5 g L−1), initial dye concentration (10–50 mg L−1), and contact time (30–110 min) was evaluated for RhB adsorption on SCBAC. In addition, the adsorption equilibrium was demonstrated with Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. Obtained results showed that the optimum pH and adsorbent dosage were 3 and 2.5 g L−1, respectively. The Freundlich isotherm model fitted well with the experimental adsorption data. The maximum adsorption capacity attained was 5.6 mg g−1. Adsorption of RhB onto adsorbent followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. Prepared SCBAC showed that can be utilized as economical and effective adsorbent for the adsorption of dyeing pollutants, like RB, from aqueous solutions.

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  1. Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health, and Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

    Seyyed Alireza Mousavi, Ali Almasi & Zhaleh Neyazi

  2. Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

    Seyyed Alireza Mousavi & Ali Almasi

  3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Environmental Health Research Center, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran

    Bahram Kamarehie, Faramarz Azimi, Mansour Ghaderpoori & Mohammad Amin Karami

  4. Research Center for Health, Safety and Environment (RCHSE), Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran

    Mohammad Darvishmotevalli

  5. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

    Mehdi Salari

  6. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Public Health School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

    Maryam Moradnia

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Mousavi, S.A., Kamarehie, B., Almasi, A. et al. Removal of Rhodamine B from aqueous solution by stalk corn activated carbon: adsorption and kinetic study. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 7927–7936 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01628-1

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