TY - JOUR ID - TI - Removal Performance Assessment of Dyes in Solution Using MesoporousMCM-41 Prepared from Iraqi Rice Husk AU - Ban S. Abdul Hussein AU - Anaam A. Sabri AU - Najat J. Saleh PY - 2019 VL - 37 IS - 6 Part (A) Engineering SP - 207 EP - 213 JO - Engineering and Technology Journal مجلة الهندسة والتكنولوجيا SN - 16816900 24120758 AB - Abstract-In this study, mesoporous silica MCM-41 material was synthesized using Iraqi rice husk for the first time, as silica precursor and Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a template. MCM-41 was characterizedby means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), BET surface area, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA). Then the ability of MCM-41 as adsorbents was tested to treat dyes as one of the organic pollutants from synthetic wastewater .The adsorption behavior of Gentian violet(GV), Methylene blue(MB) and Congo red(CR) dyes from synthetic wastewater onto mesoporous MCM-41 was tested. Batch adsorption was employed to determine the effects of pH (2-11), adsorbent dose (0.05-1g), contact time (0–200 min), initial concentration (25-300 mg/L) and temperature (293,313,333ͦ K). It was found that MCM-41 has higher potential for adsorption of basic dyes (GV, MB) and lesser for acidic dye (CR) from aqueous solution in batch system .Adsorption isotherms were fitted with the Langmuir, Freundlich and Temk in models. It was found that the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model for GV and CR had the best fit with;on the other hand,the Freundlich adsorption isotherm model had thebest fit for MB.

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