The Adsorption of Methylene Blue by an Amphiphilic Block Co-Poly(Arylene Ether Nitrile) Microsphere-Based Adsorbent: Kinetic, Isotherm, Thermodynamic and Mechanistic Studies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. The Synthesis of B-b-S-P
2.3. Preparation of the B-b-S-P Microspheres
2.4. Batch-of-Dye Adsorption
2.5. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of B-b-S-P
3.2. Preparation of the B-b-S-P Microspheres
3.3. Adsorption Kinetics
3.4. Adsorption Isotherm
3.5. Adsorption Thermodynamics
3.6. The Effect of Solution pH and Selective Adsorption for MB
3.7. Adsorption Mechanism
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Models | Parameters | 15 mg L−1 | 25 mg L−1 |
---|---|---|---|
Pseudo-first-order | k1 (min−1) | 0.0292 | 0.0283 |
qe (cal.) (mg g−1) | 9.8384 | 21.066 | |
qe (exp.) (mg g−1) | 28.643 | 48.243 | |
R2 | 0.9163 | 0.9587 | |
Pseudo-second-order | k2 (g mg−1 min−1) | 0.0120 | 0.0042 |
qe (cal.) (mg g−1) | 29.155 | 49.505 | |
qe (exp.) (mg g−1) | 28.643 | 48.243 | |
R2 | 0.9996 | 0.9994 | |
Intraparticle diffusion | ki1 (mg g−1 min−0.5) | 3.8658 | 5.7591 |
C1 | 6.8537 | 12.744 | |
R12 | 0.9843 | 0.9413 | |
ki2 (mg g−1 min−0.5) | 0.2945 | 0.8029 | |
C2 | 24.930 | 38.259 | |
R22 | 0.9395 | 0.8994 |
Isotherms | Parameters | Temperatures (K) 298.15 |
---|---|---|
Langmuir | qm (mg g−1) | 119.05 |
KL (L mg−1) | 0.8660 | |
R2 | 0.9981 | |
Freundlich | KF (L mg−1) | 52.657 |
n−1 | 0.1943 | |
R2 | 0.7975 |
Adsorbent | qm (mg g−1) | Reference |
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DPA microspheres | 90.7 | [14] |
CS-MPONs nanocomposites | 104 | [15] |
PCPP microspheres | 50.7 | [35] |
PZS nanospheres | 20.0 | [36] |
Polyamide-vermiculite nanocomposites | 76.42 | [37] |
Poly(methacrylate)/silica hybrid materials | 91.324 | [38] |
PDA-rGO-kaolin composite | 39.663 | [39] |
B-b-S-P microspheres | 119.84 | This work |
T (K) | Thermodynamic Parameters | |||
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lnK | ΔGO (kJ mol−1) | ΔSO (J mol−1 K−1) | ΔHO (kJ mol−1) | |
298 | 1.1873 | −2.9431 | 53.545 | 1.2936 |
308 | 1.4360 | −3.6790 | — | — |
318 | 1.5672 | −4.1454 | — | — |
328 | 1.6709 | −4.5585 | — | — |
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Zhou, X.; Xu, M.; Wang, L.; Liu, X. The Adsorption of Methylene Blue by an Amphiphilic Block Co-Poly(Arylene Ether Nitrile) Microsphere-Based Adsorbent: Kinetic, Isotherm, Thermodynamic and Mechanistic Studies. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1356. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9101356
Zhou X, Xu M, Wang L, Liu X. The Adsorption of Methylene Blue by an Amphiphilic Block Co-Poly(Arylene Ether Nitrile) Microsphere-Based Adsorbent: Kinetic, Isotherm, Thermodynamic and Mechanistic Studies. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(10):1356. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9101356
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhou, Xuefei, Mingzhen Xu, Lingling Wang, and Xiaobo Liu. 2019. "The Adsorption of Methylene Blue by an Amphiphilic Block Co-Poly(Arylene Ether Nitrile) Microsphere-Based Adsorbent: Kinetic, Isotherm, Thermodynamic and Mechanistic Studies" Nanomaterials 9, no. 10: 1356. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9101356