Radiation Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)/ Acrylamide/ TiO2/ SiO2 Nanocomposite for Removal of Metal Ion and Dye From Waste Water

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Abstract An effective and novel adsorbent of poly(vinyl alcohol)/polyacrylamide/TiO2/SiO2 (PVA-co-AAm/TiO2/SiO2) nanocomposite synthesized by γ-irradiation polymerization of PVA and AAm in presence of TiO2/SiO2 nanoparticles at different irradiation doses (10, 30 and 50 kGy) for removal of Cu(II) ions and basic blue 3 dye from their aqueous solutions. FT-IR, TEM, XRD, SEM, EDS and DLS analyzed the chemical properties of nanocomposites. The nanocomposite prepared at 30 kGy (PVA-co-AAm/TiO2/SiO2-30) shows high swelling of 197.7 (%) and gelation of 93.1 %. The adsorption capacity (mg/g) and removal (%) of basic blue 3 dye and Cu(II) ions onto nanocomposites by varying experimental conditions were investigated. The PVA-co-AAm/TiO2/SiO2-30 showed high adsorption capacity 3 folds rather than PVA-co-AAm. The equilibrium adsorption for basic blue 3 dye and Cu(II) was 123.9 mg/g and 190.3 mg/g with removal of 82.6 and 95.1 %, respectively. The results of the adsorption of dye or metal ions follow the Pseudo-second order adsorption kinetic, fit with the Langmuir isotherm and the adsorption process is endothermic and spontaneous in nature. The results revealed that the PVA-co-AAm/TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposites could be employed as an effectual adsorbent for adsorption of basic blue dye and Cu(II) ions from wastewater with high adsorption capacity and recovery.

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