Journal
GREEN MATERIALS
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 137-142Publisher
ICE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1680/jgrma.18.00054
Keywords
adsorption; nanomaterials; scanning electron microscopy
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- Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences [2013/34/4/BRNS]
- government of India
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The adsorption capacity of the surface of cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanoparticles as an adsorbent was investigated. Malachite green dye in aqueous solution was used as the model compound. Various dosages of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (0.01-0.07 g) were used to determine the capacity to adsorb malachite green. Characterisation of cobalt ferrite was performed using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. An adsorbent loading value of 0.07 g, initial dye concentration of 10 parts per million and pH of 10 were used in the evaluation. The maximum amount of dye was absorbed from the solution within 60 min after the start of every experiment. The equilibrium concentration and the adsorption capacity at equilibrium were determined using three different sorption models, namely, Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherms. It was found that dye adsorption onto cobalt ferrite follows the Langmuir isotherm. The absorption kinetics were found to be of second order.
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