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Factors controlling the adsorption of acid blue 113 dye from aqueous solution by dried C. edulis plant as natural adsorbent

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Contamination of surface water and groundwater by organic pollutants is a serious problem due to their persistence, bioaccumulation and biomagnification through food webs. Since the removal of dyes from wastewater is considered an environmental challenge and government legislation requires textile wastewater to be treated, therefore there is a constant need to have an effective process that can efficiently remove these dyes. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the potentiality of dried Carpobrotus edulis plant as low-cost adsorbent for the removal of the industrial acid blue 113 dye from aqueous solutions using the batch equilibration technique. The effects of different physicochemical parameters such as adsorbent dose, contact time, initial dye concentration, solution pH and temperature on adsorption rate of anionic AB113 dye on microparticles of dried C. edulis plant were investigated. The experimental data were analyzed by using mathematical models to determine the thermodynamic parameters. The negative values of free energy change indicated the spontaneous nature of the adsorption and negative value of enthalpy change suggested the exothermic nature of the adsorption process. These results indicate that dried C. edulis plant as an environmentally friendly adsorbent could be potentially used for the removal of anionic dyes from aqueous solutions.

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    R. Aziam, M. Chiban, E. Eddaoudi, A. Soudani, M. Zerbet & F. Sinan

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Aziam, R., Chiban, M., Eddaoudi, E. et al. Factors controlling the adsorption of acid blue 113 dye from aqueous solution by dried C. edulis plant as natural adsorbent. Arab J Geosci 9, 659 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-016-2675-4

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