TITLE:
Adsorption Study of Acid Red 114 and Basic Blue 3 on Sunflower Stalk
AUTHORS:
Erika Janneth Montes-Alba, Gabriel de Jesús Camargo-Vargas, Rafael Nikolay Agudelo-Valencia, Germán Eduardo Dévora-Isiordia
KEYWORDS:
Adsorption, Textile Dyes, Low Cost Adsorbents, SEM, BET, EPI Web
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Water Resource and Protection,
Vol.11 No.1,
January
21,
2019
ABSTRACT: The aim of this work was to evaluate the sunflower stalk (SS) as an adsorbent in the removal of red acid 114 (AR 114) and basic blue 3 (BB 3) in aqueous solutions, without any physicochemical treatment, where temperature and concentration were the studied variables. The research was developed by using the batch processing mode; the contact time was one hour, with constant agitation of 200 rpm and pH of 7000 ± 0.050, using a central composite design. The adsorbent was characterized through BET, SEM, acid sites and basic sites, charging point, and infrared. The results indicated that the sunflower stalk was a viable and economical alternative for the removal of water that had been contaminated by dyes, showing a better performance for the AR 114 dye, reaching a 71.96% of removal with respect to the initial load. In addition, the EPI Web software was used to model the environmental performance of colorants.