A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions
Exploiting waste materials to make cost-effective adsorbents and waste management methods are gaining more attention. In the current study, rubber wastes derived from dipping tank coagulum (DTC) in the glove manufacturing industry were converted into a novel polymeric-adsorbent via a simple sulfonat...
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| author | Muhammad Aliyu Abdullah, Abdul Halim Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Ibrahim |
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| description | Exploiting waste materials to make cost-effective adsorbents and waste management methods are gaining more attention. In the current study, rubber wastes derived from dipping tank coagulum (DTC) in the glove manufacturing industry were converted into a novel polymeric-adsorbent via a simple sulfonation reaction with concentrated sulphuric acid and was used for the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) dye from aqueous solutions commonly found in contaminated waters. FT-IR, EDX, FESEM, and BET techniques were used to characterize the rubber waste before and after modification. The highest MB removal efficiency of 99.03% was achieved in the condition of initial concentration, adsorbent dosage, pH, contact time, and temperature were 15 mg/L, 30 mg, pH 7, 300 min, and 25 °C, respectively. The adsorption of MB was analyzed using experimental data fitted in a monolayer isotherms model with a maximum adsorption capacity of 119 mg/g. The kinetic model was revealed to agree with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Furthermore, SRW retained 90.45% of the removal percentage after four cycles of the repeated adsorption-desorption process. Conclusively, these findings suggest that rubber waste could be a suitable low-cost adsorbent to remove organic dyes from polluted water. |
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| spelling | upm-1003122023-12-28T04:01:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100312/ A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions Muhammad Aliyu Abdullah, Abdul Halim Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Ibrahim Exploiting waste materials to make cost-effective adsorbents and waste management methods are gaining more attention. In the current study, rubber wastes derived from dipping tank coagulum (DTC) in the glove manufacturing industry were converted into a novel polymeric-adsorbent via a simple sulfonation reaction with concentrated sulphuric acid and was used for the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) dye from aqueous solutions commonly found in contaminated waters. FT-IR, EDX, FESEM, and BET techniques were used to characterize the rubber waste before and after modification. The highest MB removal efficiency of 99.03% was achieved in the condition of initial concentration, adsorbent dosage, pH, contact time, and temperature were 15 mg/L, 30 mg, pH 7, 300 min, and 25 °C, respectively. The adsorption of MB was analyzed using experimental data fitted in a monolayer isotherms model with a maximum adsorption capacity of 119 mg/g. The kinetic model was revealed to agree with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Furthermore, SRW retained 90.45% of the removal percentage after four cycles of the repeated adsorption-desorption process. Conclusively, these findings suggest that rubber waste could be a suitable low-cost adsorbent to remove organic dyes from polluted water. Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia 2022-06 Article PeerReviewed Muhammad Aliyu and Abdullah, Abdul Halim and Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Ibrahim (2022) A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions. Indonesian Journal of Chemistry, 22 (3). pp. 653-665. ISSN 1411-9420; ESSN: 2460-1578 https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/ijc/article/view/69674 10.22146/ijc.69674 |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Aliyu Abdullah, Abdul Halim Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Ibrahim A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions |
| title | A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions |
| title_full | A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions |
| title_fullStr | A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions |
| title_short | A potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions |
| title_sort | potential approach for converting rubber waste into a low-cost polymeric adsorbent for removing methylene blue from aqueous solutions |
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