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The present work focused on the preparation of hybrid-bentonite adsorbents by treating sodium bentonite (Na-B) with different amounts of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMA+ Br-), corresponding to 50, 100 and 200% the value of the cation exchange capacity (CEC). The samples prepared, namely 50HDTMA-B, 100HDTMA and 200HDTMA-B, were characterized by different techniques including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA ). The removal efficiency of two anionic dyes, namely. Congo Red (CR) and Indigo Carmine (IC), from aqueous solutions, was studied as a function of the amount of HDTMA, contact time, hybrid adsorbent and initial dye concentration. In addition, a kinetic study was conducted to fit the experimental data in order to compare the adsorption rate constants and the equilibrium sorption capacities of anionic dyes on the prepared materials. The results obtained indicated that the adsorption kinetics of clay samples could be best described by the pseudo-second-order model, and the adsorption capacity of the hybrid-Bentonite is affected by the amount of modifier used. Based on Weber-Morris intra-particle diffusion equation, it was found that the CR and IC dyes diffused faster as the cationic surfactant loading increased from 0 to 100% of the CEC value. The Langmuir isotherm exhibited the best fit, with an adsorption capacity equal to 292 and 289 mg g-1, for CR and IC dyes, respectively. |
