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Removal of Crystal Violet From Water by Magnetically Modified Activated Carbon and Nanomagnetic Iron Oxide Publisher



Hamidzadeh S1 ; Torabbeigi M2 ; Shahtaheri SJ3
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  1. 1. Payam Noor University of Varamin, Qarchak, Varamin, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Faculty of Health, Safety and Environment, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P. O. Box 16858-116, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14155-6446, Iran

Source: Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering Published:2015


Abstract

Magnetically modified activated carbon, which synthesized by nanomagnetic iron oxide, was used for fast and effective removal of Crystal Violet from aqueous solutions. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of nano-adsorbent showed that the average sizes of adsorbent are less than 100 nm. The various parameters, affecting on adsorption process, were examined including pH and temperature of dye solution, dose of adsorbent, and contact time. Then, thermodynamic parameters of sorption were calculated. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were used to fit the resulting data. Adsorption kinetics was consistent with a pseudo second order equation. Thermodynamic parameters of adsorption, ΔH0, and ΔS0 were calculated. Also, for further investigations, nano magnetic iron oxides was synthesized and used as adsorbent. Sorption capacities were depending on the temperature varied from 44.7 to 67.1 mg/g and from 12.7 to 16.5 mg/g for magnetically modified activated carbon and nanomagnetic iron oxide, respectively. © 2015 Hamidzadeh et al.; licensee BioMed Central.