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School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639 798
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Department of Chemistry, Chikkanna Government Arts College, Tirupur 641 602, India
Received 8 September 2011; accepted 8 May 2012
Exfoliated graphitic nanoplatelets (xGnPs) have been utilized as a potential adsorbent for toxic textile dye Acid Orange
7 (acid dye). The effects of major variables governing the efficiency of the process, such as temperature, initial dye
concentration and pH are studied. The kinetic measurements have been used for determining the specific rate constant,
confirming the applicability of pseudo first-order rate expression. Plausible mechanism of ongoing adsorption process
involved is obtained by carrying out kinetic measurements. To identify whether the ongoing process is particle diffusion or
film diffusion, the treatments given by Boyd and Reichenberg have been employed. The influence of different factors on the
adsorption of Acid Orange 7 from solution is explained in terms of electrostatic interaction by considering the dye species
and the surface character of the xGnPs. The developed system for the removal of acid dye is found to be very useful,
economic, rapid and reproducible.
Keywords: Acid Orange 7, Adsorption, Film diffusion, Graphitic Nanoplatelets, Particle diffusion
*Corresponding author.
E-mail: skmush@rediffmail.com
C.I. Number
Natural pH
Molecular formula
Molecular weight, g mol-1
pKa
Molecular volume, 3 molecule-1
Molecular dimension, nm
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:
:
15510
6.1
C16H11N2NaO4S
350.33
8.86
231.95
1.240.680.22
qt =
C0 Ct
V
ms
(1)
C0 Ct
100
C0
(2)
-2
0.986
0.982
0.985
Elovich values
mg/g min
g/mg
0.869
0.768
0.667
0.606
0.271
0.199
0.826
0.899
0.923
qe
k2 10-2
g/mg min
R2
18.712
19.038
46.283
7.458
1.438
0.656
0.804
0.558
0.655
0.962
0.980
0.975
MAIYALAGAN & KARTHIKEYAN: FILM-PORE DIFFUSION MODELING FOR SORPTION OF AZO DYE
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Effect of temperature
Elovich model
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MAIYALAGAN & KARTHIKEYAN: FILM-PORE DIFFUSION MODELING FOR SORPTION OF AZO DYE
Table 2 Parameters of Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm models for AO7 on xGnPs
Temperature
o
C
30
45
60
Langmuir isotherm
Freundlich isotherm
2
b
L/mg
Q0
mg / g
RL
0.06826
0.06637
0.06571
85.172
92.132
117.332
0.151
0.121
0.127
0.987
0.979
0.981
1/n
kf
R2
0.5939
0.6381
0.6524
1.485
1.694
1.7034
1.484
4.132
6.345
0.897
0.902
0.887
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Adsorption capacity
mg/g
Reference
25.06
5.06
30.5
3.47
3.56
35.62
85.172
20
21
22
23
24
25
Present study
F =1
n
N 1
exp [ n 2 t ]
(3)
Qt
Q
(4)
2 Di
r02
= time constant
(5)
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Value
1.4687 10-11
1.313 10-11
1.093 10-11
-9.7153
-179.53
9.4932 10-12
Di = Do exp [ E a / RT ]
(6)
Do = (2.72d 2 kT / h) exp S # / R
(7)
Conclusion
The study shows that xGnPs is an effective
adsorbent for the removal of AO7 from aqueous
solution. The adsorption of AO7 is dependent on the
initial concentration and agitation time. Equilibrium
of AO7 adsorption reaches at 160 min.
The pseudo first- and second-order equations
provide a best fit description for the sorption of
AO7 onto xGnPs related to Elovich model, but the
pseudo first-order correlation coefficient has better
correlation value than pseudo second-order equation,
Pseudo first-order equation is consider to be the
most appropriate due to high correlation coefficient
when compared to pseudo second-order equation, and
adsorption takes place via film diffusion process.
Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms
correlate the equilibrium adsorption data. The
adsorption of AO7 onto xGnPs is an exothermic
reaction based on enthalpy change values.
Acknowledgement
The authors acknowledge with thanks the support
of Department of Chemistry, Chikkanna Govt.
Arts College, Tirupur and Sophisticated Analytical
Instrument Facility, Indian Institute of Technology,
Madras for characterization process.
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