Adsorptive Removal of Methylene Blue Dye by Annealed Waste Foundry Sand

Under optimized experimental conditions, the efficient removal of methylene blue dye from annealed waste foundry sand as adsorbent was carried out. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and partical size analysis were used to confirm the crystalline structure, composition and morphology of the prepared sorbent. The sorbent achieved its highest adsorption capacity by interacting with an aqueous solution contaminated with methylene blue dye. A comparison was made between the sorbent and three annealed sands based on their dye removal efficiency adsorption data over time. By using Langmuir and pseudo second-order kinetic models to the sorption data, it is observed that both physical and chemical processes can influence the removal process. According to experimental data, annealed waste foundry sand (WFS-300) has a high adsorption efficiency and methylene blue adsorption follows.