Investigation of the adsorption performance of aqueous solution of malachite green dye on kaolin clay

Abstract

In this study, the removal of Malachite green (MG) dye, which has a toxic effect on the aquatic ecosystem, was carried out with kaolin clay, a natural and inexpensive material. In batch adsorption tests, the effects of pH, adsorbent dose, initial dye concentration and contact time were determined. Also, Pseudo first order and Pseudo second order kinetic models and Freundlich, Langmuir and Temkin isotherm models were tested. On the other hand, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analyzes of raw and MG-loaded kaolin clay were performed. According to the results obtained, the most suitable kinetic and isotherm models were determined as Pseudo second order (R2: 0.999) and Freundlich (R2: 0.983), respectively. Additionally, the amount of MG dye removed per unit kaolin (qmax) was calculated as 16.36 mgMG/gkaolin. This study reveals the suitability of using kaolin clay in the adsorption of MG dye.

Keywords

• Adsorption
• malachite green
• wastewater treatment
• kinetics
• isotherm

Malachite green boyasının sulu çözeltisinin kaolin kili üzerine adsorpsiyon performansının araştırılması

Öz

Bu çalışmada sucul ekosistem için toksik etkiye sahip olan Malachite green (MG) boyasının giderimi doğal ve ucuz bir malzeme olan kaolin kili ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Kesikli adsorbsiyon testlerinde pH, adsorbent dozu, başlangıç boya derişimi ve temas süresinin etkileri tespit edilmiş ve Pseudo first order ve Pseudo second order kinetik modelleri ile Freundlich, Langmuir ve Temkin izoterm modelleri test edilmiştir. Diğer taraftan ham ve MG yüklü kaolin kilinin scanning electron microscope (SEM) ve fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analizleri yapılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre en uygun kinetik ve izoterm modeli sırasıyla Pseudo second order (R2:0,999) ve Freundlich (R2: 0,983) olarak tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca birim kaolin başına giderilen MG boyası miktarı (qmax) 16,36 mgMG/gkaolin olarak hesaplanmıştır. Bu çalışma MG boyasının adsorbsiyonunda kaolin kilinin kullanımının uygunluğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Adsorption
• malachite green
• wastewater treatment
• kinetics
• isotherm

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