ISSN: 2278 – 7798
International Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology Research (IJSETR)
Volume 5, Issue 12, December 2016
3429
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Abstract—The innovative and impeccable nano
technology is highly familiar for its wide applications. The
present experimentation is carried out with albizia lebbeck
leaves for removal of dyes using Iron nano particles. The
operating parameters involved are contact time, pH, initial
concentration, dosage of nano particle solution and
temperature. The dyes studied are Congo red and Crystal
violet. The characterization studies involved are FTIR and
XRD. The optimum pH is 5 for crystal violet using albizia
lebbeck nano particle solution. The equilibrium contact time
obtained is 40 min. Similar trend also followed for Congo red
dye. The positive attributes confirmed that albizia lebbeck
leaves broth along with iron chloride formed iron nano
particles and are capable of removing crystal violet and
congo red dyes
Index Terms—Dyes, pH, concentration, temperature,
dosage, FTIR and XRD.
I. INTRODUCTION
Textile industry effluents are highly toxic not only to humans
but even microorganisms and plant species. These dyes in
water stop the passage of sunlight to roots of the plants and
sustainability of microorganisms. Hence these dyes from
industries are to be pretreated before leaving them on to
earth’s surface. As there are several methods for
pretreatment yet none of them are ecofriendly and free from
chemicals. Hence search for alternate methods has risen and
sought the attention towards nano technology. Hence the
present study is focused on removal of dyes using nano
particles. The present experimentation is designed in such a
way that the operating parameters like contact time, pH,
concentration, dosage and temperature will be optimized
along with the confirmation through characterization using
FTIR and XRD.
II. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
The present experimentation is carried out in batch process
for removal of dyes (congo red and crystal violet) from
synthetic solutions by using albizia lebbeck leaves broth with
iron nano particles (al-fe-nps).
Analytical grade chemicals were used for
experimentation and need no further purification. Double
distilled water is used to prepare all stock and synthetic
solutions. From a stock solution containing 1000 mg of
dyes in 1.0 litre, the synthetic solutions of dyes were
made. By addition of O.l M HCl and O.l M NaOH
solutions the pH of dyes solutions were adjusted to the
desired value.
Fig. 1 Dyes
Fig. 2 Dyes stock solutions(a)Congo Red(b)Crystal Violet
Dr. CH. A. I. Raju
1
, M. S. Bharadwaj
2
, K. Prem
3
and K. Satyanandam
4
1
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, AP, INDIA
2
P.G.Student, Chemical Engg, Andhra University, AP, INDIA
3
Research Scholar, Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, AP, INDIA
4
Research Scholar, Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, AP, INDIA
Green Synthesis of Iron Nanoparticles using
Albizia lebbeck leaves for Synthetic Dyes
decolorization