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Substantial increase in adsorption efficiency of local clay-alginate beads toward methylene blue impregnated with SDS

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In the current research work, local clay-alginate beads loaded with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactant were prepared for efficient adsorption of methylene blue (MB). FTIR, SEM–EDX, and TGA instruments were used to examine the surface functional groups, morphology, elemental analysis, and thermal stability of beads, respectively. The adsorption efficiency of native clay for MB increases from 124.78 to 247.94 mg/g when loaded in alginate and SDS in beads form. The impacts of adsorbent dosage, initial pH, contact time, initial MB concentration, and temperature were investigated and optimized. The maximum adsorption capacity of beads for MB was 1468.5 mg/g. The process followed a pseudosecond order kinetic and Freundlich adsorption isotherm model. Thermodynamic study confirmed that MB adsorption on beads is endothermic and spontaneous in nature. The beads were recycled and reused for five times. According to the findings, local clay-alginate beads impregnated with SDS proved to be a promising and efficient adsorbent for extracting MB from aqueous solution.

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The Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, funded this project, under grant no. KEP-8–130-42.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Pakistan

    Muzdalfa Almas, Amir Sada Khan, Asma Nasrullah & Shahan Zeb Khan

  2. Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, 25000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Asma Nasrullah

  3. Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 173, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

    Israf Ud Din

  4. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    Taghreed M. Fagieh, Esraa M. Bakhsh, Kalsoom Akhtar & Sher Bahadar Khan

  5. Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    Sher Bahadar Khan

  6. Department of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    Abrar Inayat

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Muzdalfa Almas: performed experimental work. Amir Sada Khan: supervision, conceptualization, writing — original draft. Asma Nasrullah: writing — review and editing. Israf Ud Din: writing — review and editing. Taghreed M. Fagieh: funding and resources. Esraa M. Bakhsh: writing — review and editing. Kalsoom Akhtar: conceptualization, investigation, resources. Sher Bahadar Khan: writing — review and editing. Shahan Zeb Khan: conceptualization, writing — review and editing. Abrar Inayat— review and editing.

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Almas, M., Khan, A.S., Nasrullah, A. et al. Substantial increase in adsorption efficiency of local clay-alginate beads toward methylene blue impregnated with SDS. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 81433–81449 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23949-y

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