In this study, four adsorbents were developed: layered silicate magadiite material (mag), Hexadecyltrimethylammonium intercalated magadiite (HDTMA@mag), a cross-linked composite of sodium alginate and magadiite (ALG@mag) and a cross-linked composite of sodium alginate and HDTMA@magadiite (ALG@HDTMA@mag). The adsorbents were evaluated for their effectiveness in removing of Methylene Blue (MB) and Eriochrome Black T (EBT) dyes. The prepared adsorbents were characterized using SEM, XRD, FTIR, and zeta potential measurements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiodegradable and very low-cost adsorbent beads were prepared from date pits powder (DP) and sodium alginate (SA). DP to SA ratios was varied (1/2, 1/4 and 1/6) and used to eliminate Crystal violet (CV) a cationic dye. Adsorbents were characterized by FTIR, SEM-EDS, UV-vis DR, TGA and the point of zero charge (pH).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNickel oxide nanoparticles supported activated carbon (AC-NiO) was fabricated using thermal activation. Then, AC-NiO composite was immobilized on alginate beads to obtain 3-dimensional network structure ALG@AC-NiO nanocomposite beads for catalytic reduction of Congo red (CR) dye. The resulting nanocomposite beads were identified by various physical techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work concerns the preparation of composite beads based on calcium alginate and FeO@MCM-41. In the first step, the material FeO@MCM-41 was prepared mechanically using several FeO contents, then was encapsulated by calcium alginate as a cross-linking matrix to give the composites MC@CA(x). The composite beads were used as catalysts for the reduction of MB and OG dyes in a simple system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this work, a new and easy process was developed to fabricate a FeO-alginate (FeONPs-ALG) hydrogel nanocomposite magnetic beads material. This preparation way consists in crosslinking sodium alginate solution in a mixed iron chloride solution containing FeCl and FeCl. All characterization techniques confirmed the formation of small FeO nanoparticles with an average size of 9 nm in the alginate biopolymer matrix, in which iron atoms were linked to carbonyl acetyl groups through a bidentate bridging coordination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, the composite beads were obtained by the encapsulation of a lamellar polysilicate magadiite in chitosan. The composite beads were tested as adsorbents for the removal of anionic Congo red (CR) and cationic methylene blue (MB) dyes. The obtained material was characterized by different methods such as XRD, SEM, TGA and zeta potential analysis.
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