Adsorption of an anionic dye (Congo red) from aqueous solutions by pine bark

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dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Enxeñaría Químicagl
dc.contributor.areaÁrea de Enxeñaría e Arquitectura
dc.contributor.authorLitefti, Khaoula
dc.contributor.authorFreire Leira, María Sonia
dc.contributor.authorStitou, Mostafa
dc.contributor.authorGonzález Álvarez, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-13T09:27:58Z
dc.date.available2020-05-13T09:27:58Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractPinus pinaster bark, an abundant by-product from the timber industry, has been studied as a potential low-cost adsorbent for the removal of Congo red (CR) dye from wastewaters. Surface morphological and physico-chemical characteristics of pine bark were analysed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), determination of the point of zero charge (pHPZC) and elemental analysis. Assays were performed to determine the wavelength for the maximum absorbance and the stability with time of CR solutions depending on concentration and/or pH, which resulted to be a very signifcant parameter. Adsorption studies were conducted on batch mode to study the efect of contact time (till 7 days), pH (2–9), adsorbent dosage (1–10gL−1) and temperature (25–60°C). The bark adsorption capacity at equilibrium varied between 0.3 and 1.6mgg−1 and the equilibrium adsorption percentage between 23.4 and 100% depending on adsorbent dosage, temperature and pH at an initial CR concentration of 5mgL−1. Kinetic data for the removal of CR by pine bark were best ftted by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The equilibrium data ftted well with the Freundlich model. Thermodynamic analysis indicated that the adsorption process is exothermic and spontaneousgl
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dc.description.sponsorshipAuthors want to thank the Erasmus Mundus Maghreb and Egypte-Emmag program for a grant awarded to Khaoula Litefigl
dc.identifier.citationLitefti, K., Freire, M.S., Stitou, M., González Álvarez, J. (2019). Adsorption of an anionic dye (Congo red) from aqueous solutions by pine bark. Sci Rep 9, 16530. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53046-zgl
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-019-53046-z
dc.identifier.essn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10347/22264
dc.language.isoenggl
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupgl
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53046-zgl
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dc.subjectChemical engineeringgl
dc.subjectPollution remediationgl
dc.titleAdsorption of an anionic dye (Congo red) from aqueous solutions by pine barkgl
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