This study reports the microwave synthesis of Guar gum (GG) and Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) based hydrogel covalently crosslinked using epichlorohydrin (epi), aiming to remove hazardous dyes like Crystal Violet (CV) and Brilliant Green (BG). The optimized parameters were the reaction time (40 s), solvent (12 ml), pH (11), the ratio of reactants (GG: CMC, 1 : 2), and crosslinker concentration (0.8 ml) resulting in the highest percentage of swelling (4215 %). The synthesized hydrogel was characterized by different techniques like FTIR, TGA, FESEM/ EDX, and XRD. The adsorption ability of the synthesized hydrogel was assessed for the removal of toxic dyes. Different kinetic and isotherm models were used to evaluate the type of adsorption that occurred on hydrogel materials. The CV and BG were both removed in 96.78 and 94.01 % of the adsorption process, respectively. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model is the best-fitted model for the adsorption of dyes on the synthesized hydrogel. Adsorption was determined to be homogeneous and physical adsorption, and it was revealed through adsorption isotherm studies that the Langmuir model was the best-fitted model. The adsorption process for both dyes is spontaneous, as further confirmed by the negative values of the change in Gibbs free energy from 298 to 318 K. The synthesized hydrogel material was discovered to be a promising adsorbent to remove these toxic dyes from wastewater and can be used as an eco-friendly and sustainable material for wastewater remediation [a
The current study investigates the adsorption properties of a chemically crosslinked hydrogel based on sodium alginate (NaALG) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). The structural characteristics of the investigated hydrogel are described using information from Fourier Transform-infrared spectra, X-ray diffraction patterns and field emission scanning electron microscopy pictures. The NaALG/epichlorohydrin (ECH)/CMC hydrogel was synthesised under optimised conditions with respect to the swelling percentage. Various reaction parameters were varied to obtain the maximum swelling percentage. The synthesised hydrogel was taken as an adsorbent in the decolorisation of Brilliant green (BG) and Safranin-O (SO) dyes from water. According to the kinetic investigations, the decolorisation equilibrium of SO by NaALG/ECH/CMC was discovered in 4 hours (98.98%), while the removal of BG by NaALG/ECH/CMC took 6 hours (97.7%). Chemical processes were used to describe the decolorisation mechanisms, which significantly supported the pseudo-first-order model. NaALG/ ECH/CMC hydrogel absorption was indicated to take place in monolayer adsorption form (Langmuir isotherm). The highest adsorption capacity for BG was discovered to be 864.8 mg g À1 and for SO it was 193.1 mg g À1 , by synthesised hydrogel, where "mg" refers to the commercial colourant and not to the pure dye. Therefore, the synthesised hydrogel can be considered as a smart device for the adsorption of dye in water purification tasks.
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