Treatment of cationic dye wastewater with hybrid sorbent generated by anionic dye wastewater hybridization with calcium fluoride

CaF2/AG25 (CFA) hybrid sorbent formed by hybrid reaction with activated calcium fluoride of low cost and anionic dye wastewater-Acid Green 25 (AG25) was used for the treatment of cationic dye wastewater. The adsorption of two cationic dyes methyl violet (MV) and Neutral Red (NR) from aqueous solutions was examined using a batch sorption technique. The effects of time, pH, ionic strength and temperature on the adsorption were also examined. It exhibited a faster adsorption to cationic dyes and hardly affected in pH over 3.5, ionic strength low 0.04 mol/L and temperature between 20 degrees C and 60 degrees C. The adsorption behavior of the NR and MV on CFA is in good agreement with the Langmiur isotherms model with the correlation coefficients of R 0.9948 for NR and 0.9992 for MV and the maximum adsorption capacity of NR (39.22 mg/g) and MV (48.78 mg/g). Finally, this sorbent was used in treatment of two practical cationic dye wastewaters with satisfactory results.