Cresyl Violet Adsorption on Sonicated Graphite Oxide.

We present a study of adsorption of Cresyl Violet (CV) in aqueous solution on sonicated Graphite Oxide (sGO). For comparison, we also show adsorption results of Methylene Blue (MB) and Acridine Orange (AO) performed in the same conditions. The adsorbent was synthesized by the Tour's method followed by washing in water and ethanol and sonication, without any reduction, and studied by Raman, IR, UV-Vis, SEM and TEM techniques. Our results show that adsorption fits the pseudosecond order model for the three dyes, and that the adsorption quantity for CV is 125.0 mg g-1, while for MB and AO is 123.3 and 94.6 mg g-1 respectively.