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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 101, Issue -, Pages 684-691Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.09.092
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Hybrid ion exchanger; Characterization; Methylene blue; Adsorption; Kinetics
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Guar gum-cerium (IV) tungstate nanocomposite (GG/CTNC) cationic exchanger was synthesized using simple sol gel method. The GG/CTNC was characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transmission infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrophotometer (EDX). The XRD studies confirmed amorphous and fibrous in nature of GG/CTNC. The high percentage of oxygen in the nanocomposite material confirmed the functionality tungstate (WO4-). The ion exchange capacity of GG/CTNC for Na-* ion was observed to be 1.30 mequiv g(-1). The hybrid exchanger was used as potential adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous system. The correlation coefficients value indicated a good fit of monolayer Langmuir model to the adsorption of methylene blue onto GG/CTNC. The adsorption kinetic study revealed that the adsorption process followed the pseudo second order kinetic. The Gibbs free energy (Delta G) values confirmed the spontaneous nature of adsorption process. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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