• DOI:10.1080/19443994.2015.1027959
• Corpus ID: 94893916

Comparative study of chitin and chitosan beads for the adsorption of hazardous anionic azo dye Congo Red from wastewater

@article{Raval2016ComparativeSO,
  title={Comparative study of chitin and chitosan beads for the adsorption of hazardous anionic azo dye Congo Red from wastewater},
  author={Nirav P. Raval and Prapti U. Shah and Divya G. Ladha and Poonam M. Wadhwani and Nisha K. Shah},
  journal={Desalination and Water Treatment},
  year={2016},
  volume={57},
  pages={9247-9262}
}

• Nirav P. Raval, Prapti U. Shah, +2 authors N. Shah
• Published 26 April 2016
• Engineering
• Desalination and Water Treatment

AbstractChitin (CH) and chitosan (CTS) beads used and compared for the adsorption of Congo Red (CR), an anionic azo dye, are reported in the present work. Initially, the adsorbents were prepared and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis. SEM images showed the heterogeneous and porous structure of the beads and FT-IR results confirm the presence of –OH, –NH2, and–NHCOCH3 groups which are responsible for the adsorption of CR. Further, batch studies were conducted to evaluate the adsorption capacity of CH and CTS beads and the effects of the parameters like pH, adsorbate concentration, contact time, and dosage of adsorbents on adsorption were investigated. From the analysis, it was observed that the amount of CR adsorbed on both the adsorbents increases with increasing initial dye concentration and decreasing pH. The adsorption isotherms were analyzed using the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The Langmuir isotherm was the best-fit adsorption is...