Journal
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 84, Issue 7, Pages 1774-1792Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2021.361
Keywords
adsorption isotherms; adsorption mechanism; durian peel; hydrogen bonding; methylene blue
Funding
- [2836/UN25.3.1/LT/2021]
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The study found that particulate durian peel waste, chemically-activated with hydrogen peroxide, can effectively adsorb methylene blue, primarily on multilayers and heterogeneous surfaces. The adsorption of methylene blue is dominated by physical interactions, particularly hydrogen bonding.
This study aims to investigate the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) over particulate durian peel waste, which is chemically-activated with hydrogen peroxide. The equilibrium data is well-described by the Freundlich isotherm model, which outlines where the MB adsorption takes place predominantly on multilayers and heterogeneous surfaces of the biosorbent. The Freundlich adsorption constants, K-F and n, are 11.06 L/g and 2.94, respectively. Thermodynamic data suggests that the MB adsorption occurs spontaneously and exothermically. The enthalpy and entropy for the MB adsorption are obtained as 10.26 kJ/mol and 0.058 kJ/mol K, respectively, in the temperature range of 303-323 K. Based on the stepwise desorption method, the adsorption of MB is dominated by physical interactions, particularly hydrogen bonding.
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