Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions by Anatase doped on Kaolin and Zeolite

Document Type : Original Article

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Ain Shams University, Asmaa Fahmi St, Al Golf, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Abstract
The nanoparticles of Ti/Z I, Ti/Z II, Ti/Ka Ⅰ and Ti/Ka Ⅱ solids were prepared by impregnation with calculated 10 and 15 mmole of solid titanium oxide over zeolite and kaolin as supported materials. These were examined using TGA&DTA, XRD, EDX, SEM, TEM, and BET, respectively to determine their physicochemical characteristics. TEM and SEM results showed that the particle sizes of the prepared and investigated solids lie in the ranged (11-100) nm. The Kinetic removal of Methylene blue dye (MB) was studied by the four prepared solids by different Kinetic conditions as (effect of weight of adsorbents, concentration of MB dye, contact time and pH) in aqueous synthetic solution of MB. It was found that the Ti/Ka Ⅱ had maximum removal 99.9% at concentration of dye 10 ppm, weight of adsorbents 0.01g, contact time 120 min and pH = 3.

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