EFISIENSI VARIASI DOSIS ADSORBEN TERHADAP PENJERAPAN ZAT WARNA METHYLENE BLUE MENGGUNAKAN LEMPUNG MAREDAN

Abstract

In recent years, adsorption is one of the most successful approaches that has been utilized to efficiently remove dyes from industrial wastewater among numerous physical and chemical wastewater treatment technologies. Due to their high specific surface area, thermal stability, substantial cation exchange capacity, porosity, abundance in nature, and interesting adsorbent properties, clays may be potentially useful natural adsorbent material for the adsorption of a variety of contaminants. The objective of this work was the removal of the cationic dye (methylene blue) from aqueous solution using Maredan natural clay as a low-cost adsorbent. The effect of adsorbent dose was investigated. The optimum adsorbent dosage to remove 50 ppm methylene blue was obtained 80 mg. The removal efficiency obtained was 96.13%.