title: Use of Cassia javahikai seed gum and gum-g-polyacrylamide as coagulant aid for the decolorization of textile dye solutions.
abstract: Investigations were carried out for possible exploitation of Cassia javahikai seeds as potential source of commercial gum for the textile wastewater treatment. Graft copolymerization with acrylamide was done to modify the seed gum for the favorable properties. C. javahikai seed gum, and its copolymer grafted with acrylamide were synthesized in the presence of oxygen using potassium persulphate/ascorbic acid redox system. Both C. javahikai seed gum (CJ) and its grafted-polyacrylamide (CJG), were found to be good working substitutes as coagulant aids in conjunction with PAC, for the decolorization of all the dyes in varying ratios. CJ and CJG alone could effectively decolorize direct dyes (DBR and DO) and in conjunction with a very low dose of PAC could decolorize all the dyes (DBR, DO, ASR, and PBB) to more than 70%. Grafting also increased the decolorizing ability of CJ gum.
authors.affiliation: 302 Southern Laboratories, Facility for Ecological and Analytical Testing, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India. rsanghi@iitk.ac.in
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanghi
authors.forename: Bani
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D002366:Cassia / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013784:Textiles; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000099166:Polyacrylamides
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D004396:Coloring Agents; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D000099166:Polyacrylamides