Journal of Multidisciplinary Applied Natural Science
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Multidisciplinary Applied Natural Science

Efficient and Low-Cost Removal of Methylene Blue using Activated Natural Kaolinite Material

Christyowati Primi Sagita (Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments, Universitas Ma Chung, Malang-65151 (Indonesia)
Department of Industrial Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan-48513 (South Korea))
Limpat Nulandaya (Center for Progressive Materials-Technology and Innovation Park, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Kosice-04011 (Slovakia)
Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice-04001 (Slovakia))
Yehezkiel Steven Kurniawan (Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments, Universitas Ma Chung, Malang-65151 (Indonesia))

Article Info

Publish Date
17 Apr 2021

Abstract

Clays are low-price and very useful material for water treatment purpose. In this work, we reported the application of activated natural kaolinite material which obtained from Wediombo beach, Yogyakarta for methylene blue adsorption. The natural kaolinite material was activated under an acidic condition to obtain the activated kaolinite material. The activated kaolinite material was characterized using Fourier transform infrared, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, and surface analysis. From the adsorption experiment, the activated kaolinite material gave moderate adsorption percentages for methylene blue. The adsorption kinetics followed the Ho and McKay kinetic model while the adsorption isotherm followed Langmuir model. The qmax value for methylene blue adsorption using activated natural kaolinite material was at a moderate level (3.40 mg g-1). The plausible adsorption mechanism of methylene blue on the surface of activated kaolinite material happened through hydrogen bondings and/or electrostatic interactions. These findings are important for a wastewater treatment using a low-cost adsorbent material.

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Journal of Multidisciplinary Applied Natural Science
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jmans

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Pandawa Institute

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry Energy Environmental Science Immunology & microbiology Materials Science & Nanotechnology Mathematics Physics

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Journal of Multidisciplinary Applied Natural Science (abbreviated as J. Multidiscip. Appl. Nat. Sci.) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal for multidisciplinary research activity on natural sciences and their application on daily life. This journal aims to make significant contributions to ...