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A Kinetic Study of Removing Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions by Modified Electrospun Polyethelene Terephthalate Nanofibres

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Polymer chemistry

Abstract

The present research study investigates the potential use of the novel polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nanofibers extracted from waste bottles. The electrospinning process creates nanofibers, which are then impregnated with dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6) (crown ether) to obtain a modified PET nanofiber. The use of modified PET nanofibers to remove methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions at different contact times, temperatures and initial dye concentrations is the prime concern of the present study. The amount of MB adsorbed at equilibrium (qe) is calculated at different temperatures (303, 313, and 323 K) and different concentrations (5, 10, 15 mg/g). The Kinetic and equilibrium studies of MB removal are carried out. The results indicate that the adsorption kinetics of MB can be described by the pseudo-second-order model. The activation energy value is below 40 kJ/mol and this gives an idea about the physisorption process.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.54843.3146

Keywords

Electrospinning, Nanofibers, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Adsorption, Dibenzo-18-Crown-6 (DB18C6)

Authors

First Name

Hozan

Last Name

Ahmed

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Pharmacy Department, Technical Institute Duhok, Duhok Polytechnic University, Iraq

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hozan_a_a@yahoo.com

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First Name

Parween

Last Name

Saleem

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Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Duhok, Iraq

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parween.saleem@uod.ac

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First Name

SUHAD

Last Name

YASIN

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Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Duhok, Iraq

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suhad.yasin@uod.ac

City

DUHOK

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https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Ibtisam

Last Name

Saeed

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-

Affiliation

Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Duhok, Iraq

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ibtisamsaid@uod.ac

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-

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Volume

64

Article Issue

6

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24623

Issue Date

2021-06-01

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2020-12-23

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2021-06-01

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2,803

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2,813

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_158337.html

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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A Kinetic Study of Removing Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions by Modified Electrospun Polyethelene Terephthalate Nanofibres

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22 Jan 2023