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Removal of methyl orange in aqueous medium by h-MoO 3 microcrystals obtained by hydrothermal microwave method

Abstract

In recent years, interest in dealing with the growing environmental problem arising from the pollution of wastewater from industrial factories has increased. In order to minimize this environmental impact, the aqueous adsorption technique has been an alternative widely explored today. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the adsorptive capacity of molybdenum trioxide (h-MoO3) microcrystals using the methyl orange dye (MO) as a molecule in an aqueous medium. The microcrystals were obtained by hydrothermal microwave and structurally characterized by several techniques. The kinetic study on the adsorption of MO resulted in the best fit when adopting the pseudo-second order model (R2=0.9997). The study of temperature variation indicated that adsorption was a favorable and spontaneous process. The values obtained were in good agreement with the Temkin isotherm model, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 656.9 mg.g-1 at 318 K.

Keywords:
h-MoO3; adsorption; methyl orange; residual waters

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