Kinetic and equilibrium comparison of methylene blue and basic blue 41 adsorption by silica fume Scientific paper

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC241212030M
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isotherm wastewater dye removal water treatment industrial waste

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Shohre Mortazavi
Semnan University, Department of Chemical, Petroleum, and Gas Engineering, Semnan, Iran
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2845-6902
Mika Sillanpää
Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 602105, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-5337
Debajyoti Bose
AI-Research Centre, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-6994

Abstract

The complex molecular structures of synthetic dyes are not easily removed from water, so it is essential to treat dye pollutants before they enter the aquatic environments. In this study, cost-effective industrial waste silica fume (SF) was used as an adsorbent to investigate the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) and basic blue 41 (BB-41). The structure of the silica fume adsorbent was character­ized using the FESEM technique, which confirmed that SF has a porous struct­ure. The adsorption of these cationic dyes was examined using kinetics models (pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order) and isotherm models (Langmuir, Temkin, Dubinin–Radushkevich and Freundlich), and the results obtained were compared. Based on the findings, the adsorption process of MB and BB-41 on SF followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. The adsorption of MB and BB-41 on SF followed Freundlich isotherm model. According to Langmuir isotherm data, the maximum adsorption capacity for BB-41 and MB was found to be 41.95 and 189.31 mg/g, respectively.

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S. Mortazavi, M. . Sillanpää, and D. Bose, “Kinetic and equilibrium comparison of methylene blue and basic blue 41 adsorption by silica fume: Scientific paper”, J. Serb. Chem. Soc., vol. 90, no. 11, pp. 1415–1424, Nov. 2025.
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Mika Sillanpää, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 602105, India

Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura-140401, Punjab, India

Department of Civil Engineering, University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India

Sustainability Cluster, School of Advanced Engineering, UPES, Bidholi, Dehradun, Uttarakh 248007, India

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