SEM, FTIR and ED AX Studies for the Removal of Safranin Dye from Water Bodies using Modified Biomaterial - Bambusa Tulda

摘要

In the present study, removal of safranin dye from water bodies was investigated using modified biomaterial - Bambusa Tulda. Initial experiments were conducted with NaOH, HCI and distilled washed bambusa tulda, out of which NaOH treated bambusa tulda (NHBT) showed best results. FTIR, SEM and EDAX were done to identify the functional characterization, surface morphology and elemental composition of adsorbent. Presence of hydroxyl groups and carboxyl group at the surface of NHBT results in the adsorption of safranin dye from water bodies. The operation parameters such as pH (3-10), contact time (0 - 90 mins) and dose (1 to 10) gm/1 were taken for investigation. The best removal takes place at pH 7, 200 rpm, dose at 10 gm/1, initial concentration 50 mg/1, at equilibrium time 60 minutes and at 298 K temperature with maximum adsorption capacity of 32.26 mg/gm. Langmuir isotherm model found to be best suited with experimental data out of 4 isotherm i.e Langmuir, Freuindlich, Temkin and D-R isotherm. The adsorption process followed pseudo second order model. Taking above results into consideration, it is concluded that NHBT is a promising and efficient bioadsorbent for the removal of safranin dye from water bodies.