Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose@Guar Gum@ CuO Nanoparticle as Effective Adsorbent for the Removal of Dye From Aqueous Solution

Abstract In the present study, the study and fabrication of inorganic organic nanocomposites with Guar gam and Carboxy methyl cellulose biopolymer substrates. The synthesis nanocomposite of CMC/GG/CuO-3 is biodegradable and biocompatible, and also has a significant efficiency in removing malachite green (MG) dye from aqueous solution. Properties were evaluated by XRD, FTIR, SEM, EDX and BET analysis. Important and influential parameters on the adsorption process such as adsorbent amount, initial dye concentration, pH and contact time on the removal efficiency of contaminants from aqueous solutions were investigated. Maximum removal efficiency and adsorption capacity were 92.4% and 18.6 mg/g, respectively. In order to analyze the mechanism of experimental data, two First-order and Second-order kinetic models were used, which followed the second-order kinetics with R2=1. Also, the study of Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms showed that the isotherm model of Freundlich follows the R2=0.94, which indicates the non-uniformity of adsorption on the adsorbent surface.