Open AccessSynthesis and Characterization of PMMA Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites for Removal of Dyes
Author(s) -
Ellairaja Sundaram,
P. Dharmalingam
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2019.22131
Subject(s) - adsorption , malachite green , freundlich equation , chemistry , langmuir adsorption model , endothermic process , langmuir , nanocomposite , chemical engineering , polymer , emulsion polymerization , polymerization , nuclear chemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
The adsorbent polymer/clay nanocomposites were prepared by in situ emulsion polymerization method. The prepared adsorbent was characterized using FT-IR, XRD, TGA and the surface morphology was analyzed using FE-SEM. The prepared polymer/clay nano-composite was used for the removal of malachite green and amido black 10B. The effects of initial pH, adsorbent dosage, initial metal ion concentration, contact time and thermodynamic studies on the malachite green and amido black 10Badsorption were studied. The adsorption isotherm parameters of the adsorption process were determined by using Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin adsorption isotherm equations. The kinetic parameters were predicted with Lagergren’s pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order equations. The effect of temperature of the adsorption process was demonstrated by using the thermodynamic parameters.The maximum adsorption capacity of malachite green and amido black 10B onto polymer/clay nanocomposites was found at pH 7 and 2. Adsorption of malachite green and amido black 10B onto polymer/clay nanocomposites followed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm and it follows pseudo-second order rate constant equation The thermodynamic parameters, such as ΔHº, ΔSº and ΔGº were also determined which suggested that the studied adsorption process was an endothermic reaction.