The interaction of a naturally occurring membranous collagen with high-saline dye solutions – mechanistic features from unusual multi-step biosorption

ABSTRACT It is known that wastewaters containing dyes are very difficult to treat, since many dyes are stable and recalcitrant molecules. In this way, sorption may suitable for effectively remove dyes in this specific application field. In this work, a first approach for using polymeric membranous collagen of fish scales for sorption of saline methylene blue dye (MB) solution found in subsurface procedures of oil well industry. From structural characterization, the sorbent was found to be a composite of fibrillar type I collagen and apatites. The MB sorption amounts decreased with temperature ...