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Application of magnetic adsorbent with silicate and phenyl polymers to adsorb Rhodamine B

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The extensive use of Rhodamine B (RhB) for textile, paper, pigment, food, cosmetic, and drug manufacturing and its indiscriminate disposal leads to serious human, biological, and environmental hazards. A magnetic adsorbent with silicate and phenyl polymers (Ph/SiO2/Fe3O4) has been prepared to absorb RhB. The morphology and structure of the adsorbents have been characterized by TGA, XRD, FTIR, and adsorption–desorption measurement. The results revealed that Ph/SiO2/Fe3O4 exhibited a paramagnetic behavior and could easily and quickly be separated from a suspension. The RhB adsorption behavior was almost pH independent due to the adsorption between the phenyl ring of Ph/SiO2/Fe3O4 and RhB by π–π electron-donor–acceptor interactions. The adsorption behavior of RhB adsorption was in good agreement with the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, and the maximum adsorption capacity was 142.186 mg g−1. Good desorption performance of Ph/SiO2/Fe3O4 showed that this novel magnetic adsorbent cannot only be activated by ethanol extraction process but also reuse by the recovery of magnetic force.

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This research was supported in part by Grant MOST 105-2622-E-562-002-CC3 from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of China.

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Chiou, CS., Chen, HW. & Chen, ZT. Application of magnetic adsorbent with silicate and phenyl polymers to adsorb Rhodamine B. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 15, 1879–1886 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-017-1553-2

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