Composite of Kaolin/Sodium Alginate (SA) Beads  for Methylene Blue Adsorption

Irwin Ta Kai Ge; Muhammad Wahyu Nugraha; Norashikin Ahmad Kamal; Nonni Soraya Sambudi

Irwin Ta Kai Ge Chemical Engineering Department, University Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
Muhammad Wahyu Nugraha Chemical Engineering Department, University Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
Norashikin Ahmad Kamal Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Mara Shah Alam, 40450, Selangor, Malaysia
Nonni Soraya Sambudi Chemical Engineering Department, University Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Keywords: kaolin, composite, sodium alginate, adsorption, pollutant removal

Abstract

Dyeing industry is one of the fast-growing industries but at the same time has also brought us a big issue on environment pollution. Adsorption processes is the most effective method in dye removal compared to other methods of wastewater treatment. In recent years, there is an increasing interest in utilizing clay material such as kaolinite as an adsorbent to remove not only inorganic but also organic molecules. In this study, composite of kaolin-sodium alginate (SA) beads was synthesized by varying the weight of kaolin from 0.5 g to 2 g. XRD, FTIR, and surface area analyses were used to characterize the kaolin; while FTIR was used to characterize the composite where the functional groups of kaolin and SA are existing. The amount of 1 g kaolin in SA could improve the adsorption of methylene blue up to 78% of removal after 8 hours. The adsorption model fits pseudo second order kinetic and Langmuir isotherm

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