Application of Synthetic Layered Sodium Silicate Magadiite Nanosheets for Environmental Remediation of Methylene Blue Dye in Water
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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Physical Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, El Buhouth St., Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt
Materials 2017, 10(7), 760; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10070760
Received: 13 May 2017
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Revised: 30 June 2017
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Accepted: 3 July 2017
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Published: 6 July 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sorption Materials for Environment Purification)
The removal of methylene blue (MB) dye from water was investigated using synthetic nano-clay magadiite (SNCM). SNCM was synthesized by a hydrothermal treatment under autogenous pressure. A rosette-shaped single mesoporous magadiite phase with 16.63 nm average crystallite size and 33 m2∙g−1 Braunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET)-surface area was recorded. The adsorption results indicated the pronounced affinity of the SNCM to the MB dye molecules, which reached an adsorption uptake of 20.0 mg MB dye/g of SNCM. The elimination of MB dye by the SNCM was kinetically and thermodynamically considered; a pseudo-second-order kinetic model was attained, and its spontaneous, chemical, and endothermic nature was verified. SNCM was shown to be robust without a detectable reduction in the adsorption capacity after up to four times re-use.
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Keywords:
adsorption; magadiite; cationic clay; methylene blue; remediation
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Mokhtar, M. Application of Synthetic Layered Sodium Silicate Magadiite Nanosheets for Environmental Remediation of Methylene Blue Dye in Water. Materials 2017, 10, 760. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10070760
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Mokhtar M. Application of Synthetic Layered Sodium Silicate Magadiite Nanosheets for Environmental Remediation of Methylene Blue Dye in Water. Materials. 2017; 10(7):760. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10070760
Chicago/Turabian StyleMokhtar, Mohamed. 2017. "Application of Synthetic Layered Sodium Silicate Magadiite Nanosheets for Environmental Remediation of Methylene Blue Dye in Water" Materials 10, no. 7: 760. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10070760
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