Synthesis of CaCO3 Nanoparticles using Citrate Method to Remove Dyes From Textile WasteWater

S.Fernando,1 C.Gunathilake,2 P.Karunarantne3

1
Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya, 20400. Sri Lanka.
2
Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya, 20400. Sri Lanka.
3
Department of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya, 20400. Sri Lanka.UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

INTRODUTION RESULTS
With the development of industries,
providing clean water for daily human needs
has become one of the most challenging
tasks in the modern world. A major concern
associated with textile effluent discharge
is its waste water, which contains harmful
carcinogenic, non-biodegradable organic
chemicals. From research, nanotechnology-
based waste water treatment has been to be
efficient, high performing and sustainable.
Nano CaCO3 synthesized using “Citrate
METHOD
Method” could be used as a potential
adsorbent in removing
• Rapid stirring (800 dyes from textile
• Add NaOH
2M
waste water. rpm)
• Evaporating at 90 C 20 ml
0
CaCO3
Suspensi
on

• Autoclav
e at
170oC for
16 hours

Nano- CaCO3
Wet CaCO3 suspensi
CaCO3
• Washing from on
• Drying at  distilled
1050C for water
3 hours  ethanol
and
centrifugati
on
• Add 100 mg • Extraction of a
adsorbent sample solution
MB solution Sample MB
MB solution solution
i.e. - 2 ppm with
adsorbent

• From the • Centrifugation

Calibration curve of
standard MB CONCLUSIONS
solution
Determination
Determination Centrifuged • With initial dye concentration, temperature and pH adsorption capabilities
of sample MB
Concentration of Absorbance
• From UV solution increased significantly
spectrophotometer
• Initial dye concentration can be described by Langmuir Isotherm