Fabrication of high performance biodegradable Holarrhena antidysenterica fiber based adsorption devices

Abstract

The current investigation highlights the synthesis of adsorption device MHa-g-poly(AN)-AE by graft copolymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) onto Holarrhena antidysenterica fiber in the presence of air along with Ferrous ammonium sulfate (FAS) and Potassium persulfate (KPS) initiators followed by quaternization process. Synthesized samples and backbone were studied using different techniques such as Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction spectroscopic (XRD) and TGA/DTA/DTG studies. High efficiency of dye adsorption (99% of malachite green dye) was achieved using an initial dye concentration of 10.0 mg L−1 with an adsorbent dose of 500 mg 50 ml−1 within the time duration of 165 min at neutral pH and 25 °C. Adsorption data best fit with Langmuir Isotherm, pseudo second-order kinetics model and follow both macro & micro-pore intra-particle diffusion.

Keywords

• Anion exchanger
• Quaternization
• Adsorption rate and biomass