Adsorption of Methylene Blue Using Composite Fe3O4-Ihau Fruit Peel Powder (Dimocarpus longan var. malesianus Leenh.)

  • Putri Arisa Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Mulawarman University, Barong Tongkok Street No. 4, Mount Kelua Campus, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • Teguh Wirawan Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Mulawarman University, Barong Tongkok Street No. 4, Mount Kelua Campus, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • Nanang Tri Widodo Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Mulawarman University, Barong Tongkok Street No. 4, Mount Kelua Campus, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30598/ijcr.2025.13-put
Keywords: Adsorption, Composite, Fe3O4, Ihau, Methylene Blue

Abstract

A study has been conducted on the adsorption of methylene blue dye using Fe3O4-ihau fruit peel powder composite as the adsorbent. The Fe3O4-ihau fruit peel powder composite adsorbent was synthesized using the co-precipitation method from FeSO4.7H2O and FeCl3.6H2O in a 3:2 ratio, then composited with ihau fruit peel powder. The resulting Fe3O4-ihau fruit peel powder composite was characterized using Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD). FTIR characterization results of the Fe3O4-ihau fruit peel powder composite showed an absorption peak at a wave number of 586.36 cm-1, corresponding to the Fe-O group. SEM revealed that the Fe3O4-ihau fruit peel powder composite has an uneven surface and smaller pores compared to the ihau fruit peel powder, and XRD showed a diffractogram of the Fe3O4-ihau fruit peel powder composite that closely resembled that of Fe3O4. Methylene blue adsorption by the Fe3O4-ihau fruit peel powder composite adsorbent was optimal at pH 4 with an optimum contact time of 75 minutes, and it had a maximum adsorption capacity of 43.7267 mg/g. The adsorption isotherm followed the Langmuir isotherm, and the adsorption of methylene blue dye using Fe3O4-ihau fruit peel powder composite adsorbent occurs spontaneously, endothermically, and by physisorption.

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2025-09-12
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Arisa, P.; Wirawan, T.; Widodo, N. T. Adsorption of Methylene Blue Using Composite Fe3O4-Ihau Fruit Peel Powder (Dimocarpus Longan Var. Malesianus Leenh.). Indo. J. Chem. Res. 2025, 13, 102-110.
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Vol 13 No 2 (2025): Edition for September 2025
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