Adsorptive Ability of Ethylene-1,2-Diamine Functionalized Jackfruit Seeds Adsorbent for Cationic Rhodamine B and Malachite Green Dyes from an Aqueous Media

Samuel N. Ndung’u¹

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Vol.11 , Issue.3 , pp.11-17, Sep-2024

Online published on Sep 30, 2024

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Abstract :
The continued use of dye laden water is detrimental to human, animal wellbeing and the entire ecosystem even at permissible limits. Several decontamination techniques are available but are expensive and ineffective. Adsorption technology has gained interest because of its high efficiency, design simplicity and availability of materials. The study modified raw biomass using thionyl chloride and ethylene-1,2-diamine for uptake of Rhodamine B (RhB) and Malachite green (MG) dyes. Both raw and functionalized adsorbent were analyzed using FT-IR and FE-SEM. The FT-IR results showed functional groups of carbonyl (-C=O), carboxylate (-COO-) (raw), hydroxyl (OH-) and additional anchored amine (-NH2) groups (functionalized adsorbent) as important sites for cationic dyes removal. The SEM results showed more porous adsorbent surface which improved its sorption ability. The maximum uptake obtained at optimal pH=10, 40 minutes, 35 mg and 40 mg/L was 22.61 ± 0.15 mg/g and 21.76 ± 0.09 mg/g for RhB and MG dyes respectively. The adsorption fitted Langmuir isotherm model (R2 > 0.95) dictating a chemisorption process. The time data fitted pseudo second order model in explaining the sorption rate. The findings of the study revealed the potential of the functionalized adsorbent dyes adsorption from aqueous solution with no leaching of the secondary pollutants.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Ethylene-1,2-diamine (EDA), Rhodamine B (RhB), Thionyl chloride (SOCl2), Malachite green (MG), Chemisorption

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