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Adsorption behavior of light green anionic dye using cationic surfactant-modified wheat straw in batch and column mode

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An agricultural by-product, natural wheat straw (NWS), was soaked in 1 % cationic surfactant (hexadecylpyridinium bromide, CPB) solution for 24 h (at 293 K), and modified wheat straw (MWS) was obtained. Analysis of FTIR, XFR, and nitrogen element showed that CPB was adsorbed onto surface of NWS. Then, MWS was used as adsorbent for the removal of light green dye (LG, anionic dye) from aqueous solution. The experiment was performed in batch and column mode at room temperature (293 K). Sodium chloride (up to 0.1 mol/L) existed in solution was not favor of LG dye adsorption. The equilibrium data were better described by Langmuir isotherm, and adsorption capacity of q m from Langmuir model was 70.01 ± 3.39 mg/g. In fixed-bed column adsorption mode, the effects of initial LG concentration (30, 50, 70 mg/L) and flow rate (6.5, 9.0, 14.5 mL/min) on adsorption were presented. Thomas and modified dose–response models were used to predict the breakthrough curves using nonlinear analysis method, and both models can fit the breakthrough curves. Theoretical and experimental breakthrough curves were drawn and compared. The results implied that MWS can be used as adsorbent material to remove LG from aqueous solution.

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (J1210060).

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    Yinyin Su, Binglu Zhao, Wei Xiao & Runping Han

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Su, Y., Zhao, B., Xiao, W. et al. Adsorption behavior of light green anionic dye using cationic surfactant-modified wheat straw in batch and column mode. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 5558–5568 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1571-7

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