<i>Delonix regia</i> seed pod—an efficient biosorptive candidate toward the removal of Rhodamine B from simulated wastewater: characterization, kinetics, and equilibrium approach
Creators: name: Mathialagan, Kaviya
name: Kumar, Kaviya Ramesh
name: Sadhanantham, Jaya Durga Devi
name: Rahman, Sameeha Syed Abdul
name: Pasupathi, Saroja
name: Mathivanan, Mahalakshmi
name: Karuppiah, Sugumaran
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Computational Biology

description: This study focused on the comparative analysis of biosorption performance of <i>Delonix regia</i> seed pod toward the removal of Rhodamine B (RB) from simulated solution using native (DRSP) and chemically treated form (ADRSP). The surface morphology, structural analysis, textural properties, and thermal analysis of DRSP and ADRSP were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), BET analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), respectively. FTIR analysis concluded that surface functional groups like hydroxyl –OH stretching, C–N stretching, and C = C stretching of the aromatic ring were largely responsible for the attachment of RB. The chemical treatment enhanced the surface morphology of <i>D. regia</i> seed in terms of heterogeneity, distinct depth cavities, and irregular pores responsible for RB biosorption. The biosorption of RB was investigated using parametric analyses such as solution pH, biosorbent dosage, contact time, initial RB concentration, and operating temperature. The obtained equilibrium data were fitted with different isotherm and kinetic models. Langmuir isotherm model and pseudo-second-order kinetic were well suitable for the biosorption of RB using DRSP and ADRSP. The maximum monolayer biosorption capacities (mg/g) of DRSP and ADRSP were predicted to be 39.37 and 60.61, respectively. Using thermodynamic principles, the removal of RB was found to be thermodynamically feasible, endothermic, and spontaneous process. The results of the present study proved that DRSP and ADRSP can be identified as promising biosorbents for the removal of RB. The potential utilization of <i>Delonix regia</i> seed pod (native and chemically treated forms) for the removal of Rhodamine B (RB) from simulated water. Surface morphology, surface area, functional analysis, and thermal analysis of both native (DRSP) and treated forms (ADRSP) to understand materials properties before biosorption of RB. Parametric effects of dosage, initial pH, initial pollutant concentration, and temperature on biosorption capacity and biosorption (%) using native and treated forms of bisorbents. Implantation of different kinetic models and two-parameter isotherm models to examine the feasibility and type of biosorption. The maximum biosorption capacity (mg/g) of DRSP and ADRSP is predicted to be 39.37 and 60.61 using the Langmuir isotherm model, respectively. Identification of possible biosorption mechanism using the functional group analysis. Negative values of Gibbs free energy change (ΔG0) and positive values of entropy change (ΔS0), enthalpy change (ΔH0) demonstrating the thermodynamic feasibility, increase in randomness at the solid-liquid interphase and endothermic biosorption