Adsorption of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution using iminodiacetic acid supported montmorillonite adsorbent

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  • A. A. PAM
  • A. A. ADEYI
  • G. K. OBIYENWA
  • I. YINUSA
  • O. W. SALAWU

Abstract

Iminodiacetic acid supported montmorillonite adsorbent was used for adsorptive removal of methylene blue dye in aqueous solution. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) isotherms, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer, and Scanning electron microscope (SEM) were used to characterize the physico-chemical properties of the adsorbents.  Iminodiacetic acid supported montmorillonite (MMT-IDA) adsorption capacity was found higher than montmorillonite (MMT) towards MB dye. Adsorption isotherm of the MMT-IDA was well fitted by the Langmuir model, with maximum adsorption capacity of 27.47 mg/g. The adsorption process was spontaneous exothermic, and kinetically fitted to pseudo-second order kinetic model. Thus, the obtained results encourage the use synthesis of iodate composite in the development of low-cost and effective adsorbent to remove MB present in industrial effluents. Iminodiacetic acid, montmorillonite, methylene blue, adsorption isotherm, composite

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2020-03-30

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PAM, A. A., ADEYI, A. A., OBIYENWA, G. K., YINUSA, I., & SALAWU, O. W. (2020). Adsorption of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution using iminodiacetic acid supported montmorillonite adsorbent. Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria, 45(2). Retrieved from https://journals.chemsociety.org.ng/index.php/jcsn/article/view/447

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Vol. 45 No. 2 (2020)

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