Evaluating the potential of a Nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies

The release of toxic tartrazine dye from industrial effluent into the environment is of public health concern. This study therefore aimed at the removal of tartrazine from solution using Nigerian soil as a low cost potential sorbent. The sorbent was characterized by the Fourier transform infrared sp...

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Main Authors: M.O. Dawodu, K.G. Akpomie
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Alexandria Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016816302186
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description The release of toxic tartrazine dye from industrial effluent into the environment is of public health concern. This study therefore aimed at the removal of tartrazine from solution using Nigerian soil as a low cost potential sorbent. The sorbent was characterized by the Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer and Scanning electron microscope. Batch sorption methodology was used to investigate the effect of pH, adsorbent dose, dye concentration, contact time and temperature. The sorbent recorded a Brunauer, Emmett and Teller surface area of 9.8 m2/g and pH point of zero charge of 5.8. Optimum sorption was achieved at pH 2.0, contact time of 120 min, adsorbent dose of 0.05 g and tartrazine concentration of 50 mg/L. Equilibrium isotherms were analyzed by the Langmuir, Freundlich, Scatchard and Flory-Huggins isotherm models. The pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, Elovich and Bangham models were used for kinetic analysis. Thermodynamics revealed a spontaneous, feasible and endothermic sorption process. The soil was found to be suitable as a low cost sorbent for tartrazine from contaminated solution.
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spelling doaj.art-752549aa333d4537aa95bc98885904ea2022-12-21T18:27:40ZengElsevierAlexandria Engineering Journal1110-01682016-12-015543211321810.1016/j.aej.2016.08.008Evaluating the potential of a Nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studiesM.O. Dawodu0K.G. Akpomie1Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, NigeriaProjects Development Institute (PRODA), Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Enugu, NigeriaThe release of toxic tartrazine dye from industrial effluent into the environment is of public health concern. This study therefore aimed at the removal of tartrazine from solution using Nigerian soil as a low cost potential sorbent. The sorbent was characterized by the Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer and Scanning electron microscope. Batch sorption methodology was used to investigate the effect of pH, adsorbent dose, dye concentration, contact time and temperature. The sorbent recorded a Brunauer, Emmett and Teller surface area of 9.8 m2/g and pH point of zero charge of 5.8. Optimum sorption was achieved at pH 2.0, contact time of 120 min, adsorbent dose of 0.05 g and tartrazine concentration of 50 mg/L. Equilibrium isotherms were analyzed by the Langmuir, Freundlich, Scatchard and Flory-Huggins isotherm models. The pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, Elovich and Bangham models were used for kinetic analysis. Thermodynamics revealed a spontaneous, feasible and endothermic sorption process. The soil was found to be suitable as a low cost sorbent for tartrazine from contaminated solution.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016816302186TartrazineAnionic dyeSorptionSoil
spellingShingle M.O. Dawodu
K.G. Akpomie
Evaluating the potential of a Nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
Alexandria Engineering Journal
Tartrazine
Anionic dye
Sorption
Soil
title Evaluating the potential of a Nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
title_full Evaluating the potential of a Nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
title_fullStr Evaluating the potential of a Nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the potential of a Nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
title_short Evaluating the potential of a Nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
title_sort evaluating the potential of a nigerian soil as an adsorbent for tartrazine dye isotherm kinetic and thermodynamic studies
topic Tartrazine
Anionic dye
Sorption
Soil
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016816302186
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