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Toward the understanding of the treatment of textile industries’ effluents by clay: adsorption of anionic dye on kaolinite

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Clays, particularly kaolinite, are promising adsorbents for the treatment of textile effluents, but there is a need of better understanding the mechanisms of adsorption, especially in the case of anionic dyes. Thus, the removal of RR120 anionic dye was investigated using Tunisian raw clay (TBK) composed of kaolinite and illite, and a standard kaolinite (KGa-2), and conducting batch experiments by varying different parameters (contact time, ionic strength, concentration, temperature). We investigated the clays’ surface charges by electrophoretic mobility measures and the dye-clay interactions during adsorption, by the streaming-induced potentials (SIP). The results showed that KGa-2 has higher adsorption capacity for RR120 dye than TBK clay, moreover enhanced by increasing the ionic strength and/or lowering the pH of the aqueous. The SIP results showed an increase of negative charges for both clays, reflecting the adsorption of the anionic dye on the positive charges of the amphoteric surfaces of the clays. The SIP magnitudes indicated a higher adsorption rate for KGa-2 in accordance with the kinetic study. The Sips model that described the best adsorption isotherms indicates lateral interactions of the dye molecules, stronger in the case of KGa-2 than TBK. Also, the dye molecules form a thinner layer on KGa-2 surfaces. In addition, the dye molecule’s structure was not altered, as verified by mass spectrometry. The adsorption process was feasible and spontaneous and favored at ambient temperature. Thus, kaolinite-rich clays are effective in the removal of anionic dyes in aqueous solution and potential good adsorbents in wastewater treatment.

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This work was done in the frame of two projects: the ERANETMET SETPROpER project (2016–2019) with the support of the funding agencies of France (National Research Agency, ANR) and Tunisia (Ministry of Higher Education Scientific Research, and TIC TUNISIA); and the French-Tunisian PHC UTIQUE project (12G21002), with the support from the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MAE) and Education and Research (MESR), and the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

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  1. Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Laboratoire des Applications de la Chimie aux Ressources et Substances Naturelles et à l’Environnement (LACREsNE), 7021, Zarzouna-Bizerte, Tunisia

    Nejib Abidi & Malika Trabelsi-Ayadi

  2. Laboratoire d’Hydrologie et de Géochimie de Strasbourg (EOST-LHYGES), UMR 7517 CNRS – UdS, 1 rue Blessig, 67084, Strasbourg cedex, France

    Nejib Abidi & Joëlle Duplay

  3. Institut de Sciences Des Matériaux De Mulhouse (IS2M), UMR 7361 CNRS – UHA, 15, rue Jean Starcky, BP 2488, 68057, Mulhouse cedex, France

    Amane Jada

  4. Métabolisme secondaire de la Vigne, UMR 1131 INRA/Unistra, 28, rue de Herrlisheim, BP 20507, 68021, Colmar cedex, France

    Raymonde Baltenweck

  5. Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux Lamellaires et Nanomatériaux hybrides (LPMNMH), 7021, Zarzouna-Bizerte, Tunisia

    Emna Errais

  6. Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 36, Al-Khod, 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

    Khadija Semhi

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Abidi, N., Duplay, J., Jada, A. et al. Toward the understanding of the treatment of textile industries’ effluents by clay: adsorption of anionic dye on kaolinite. Arab J Geosci 10, 373 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3161-3

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