Research Article

Hybrid Films Based on a Bridged Silsesquioxane Doped with Goethite and Montmorillonite Nanoparticles as Sorbents of Wastewater Contaminants

Table 1

Determination of contaminants adsorption expressed as percentage of the initial concentration.

SorbentCu2+Cd2+Eosin yRose bengalFluoresceinMethylene blue Phosphate

SSO20 13406077330
SSO-Gt3026808189560
SSO-MMT34324060801620

Initial concentration of contaminants: Cu2+: 3.0 mg/L; Cd2+: 0.8 mg/L; eosin y: 2.8 mg/L; rose bengal: 3.6 mg/L; fluorescein: 9.0 mg/L; methylene blue: 2.6 mg/L; phosphate: 2.3 mg/L.
Sorbent mass: 0.30 g in 5 mL of contaminant solution.