Synthesis, Characterization and dye absorbing properties of cellulose acetate from used cigarette buds

Water pollution is a great threat to humanity nowadays. Scientists are searching for new natural materials that can act as absorbents to remove non-biodegradable pollutants. Dye waste from textile, paint and leather industries are a great danger to aquatic system. Nowadays activated charcoal is wide...

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Published inMaterials today : proceedings Vol. 18; pp. 5006 - 5011
Main Authors Nair, Krishna, Sambhudevan, Sreedha, Shankar, Balakrishnan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2019
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cellulose acetate
Dye absorption
UV-visible spectroscopy
UV-visible spectroscopy
cellulose acetate
Dye absorption
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Summary:Water pollution is a great threat to humanity nowadays. Scientists are searching for new natural materials that can act as absorbents to remove non-biodegradable pollutants. Dye waste from textile, paint and leather industries are a great danger to aquatic system. Nowadays activated charcoal is widely used for this purpose, but the high cost impose some limitations to its wide use. Cellulose acetate was synthesized from a waste material, used cigarette bud, by acid treatment method. The sample obtained was characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Cellulose acetate membranes were prepared and utilized for dye absorption studies using UV-visible spectroscopy and colorimeter using pH controlled solutions of methylene blue and malachite green.
ISSN:2214-7853
2214-7853
DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2019.07.494