@article {239089, title = {Potential use of dry powder of Vossia cuspidata (Roxb.) Griff. rhizomes and leaves in methylene blue dye remediation}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {13}, year = {2023}, note = {

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}, month = {2023}, publisher = {Nature Research}, abstract = {

Phytoremediation is a promising, cost-effective, and eco-friendly process for wastewater treatment. Herein, the dry biomasses of Vossia cuspidata (Roxb.) Griff. leaves (PL) and rhizomes including aerial stems (PR) were used to effectively remediate methylene blue (MB) dyes. Interestingly, the adsorption uptake and removal efficiency of MB by PR were higher than those of PL; exceeding 97 and 91\% in 35 and 25~min for 0.1 and 0.4~g/L MB, respectively. The MB diffusion within the PL and PR was insignificant and the adsorption kinetics was principally controlled by the surface MB{\textendash}adsorbent interaction, as consistently approved by the pseudo-second order kinetic model. In addition, the adsorption increased rapidly with the plant dosage with high dependence on the initial MB concentration. Moreover, the impact of shaking speed on the adsorption was minor but temperature played a critical role where the highest efficiencies were recorded at 30 and 40~{\textdegree}C on PL (91.9\%) and PR (93.3\%), respectively. The best removal efficiencies were attained with PR at pH 6, but with PL at pH 8. The Temkin isotherm could perfectly simulate the experimental data (R2 \> 0.97); suggesting a linear decrease of the adsorption heat of MB with the plant coverage. {\textcopyright} 2023, The Author(s).

}, keywords = {Adsorption, coloring agent, Coloring Agents, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Kinetics, Methylene Blue, pH, plant leaf, Plant Leaves, powder, Powders, rhizome, water pollutant, Water Pollutants, Chemical}, isbn = {20452322 (ISSN)}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85164125391\&doi=10.1038\%2fs41598-023-37987-0\&partnerID=40\&md5=1e833d20a6643ea17e72abffc11c0ef9}, author = {Awad, H. E. A. and Mohammad, A. M. and Farahat, E.A.} }