It can be difficult to remove dark methylene blue (MB) from water effectively. The use of sodium alginate and bentonite (Ben) as the matrix produced a displacement reaction that occurred in cobalt ...

The montmorillonite clay structure used in this study with the stoichiometry (Si 4) IV (Al 1.67 Mg 0.33) VI O 10 (OH) 2 was modeled based on atomic coordinates from the Interface MD model database.