Adsorption of Indigo Carmine Dye onto Physicochemical-Activated Leaves of Agave Americana L

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Electromechanical Systems Laboratory LASEM, National Engineering School of Sfax, University of Sfax, Soukra km 4, 3038 Sfax, TUNISIA

Abstract

Dyes represent a serious threat to the environment when released in wastewaters. Hence, the main objective of this work was to design and fabricate an activated carbon from an invasive plant – Agave Americana L – capable of removing indigo carmine in aqueous solutions. The equilibrium adsorption of indigo carmine was assessed using the Freundlich, Langmuir,
and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm model. The zinc chloride was used to activate the powder of Agave at 600 °C and 900 °C. The results of this work showed that the elaborated activated carbon had maximum adsorption of 61.72 mg/g and a specific surface area of 38 m²/g determined using the BET method. The thermodynamic study showed that the adsorption of indigo carmine on the activated carbon was endothermic. Therefore, the activated carbon prepared from the Agave Americana L would be an efficient and cost-effective alternative adsorbent of indigo carmine and would have a positive effect on the environment.

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Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Volume 40, Issue 4 - Serial Number 108
September and October 2021
Pages 1054-1066

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