Results
Title

Facile synthesis and characterization of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/analcime nanocomposite for the efficient removal of Cu(II) and Cd(II) ions from aqueous media.

Authors

Algethami, Faisal K.; Al-Wasidi, Asma S.; Al-Farraj, Eida S.; Katouah, Hanadi A.; Abdelrahman, Ehab A.

Abstract

In the water purification field, heavy metal pollution is a problem that causes severe risk aversion. This study aimed to examine the disposal of cadmium and copper ions from aqueous solutions by a novel Fe3O4/analcime nanocomposite. A field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and X-ray diffraction were used to characterize the synthesized products. The FE-SEM images showed that the analcime and Fe3O4 samples consist of polyhedral and quasi-spherical shapes with average diameters of 923.28 and 28.57 nm, respectively. Besides, the Fe3O4/analcime nanocomposite consists of polyhedral and quasi-spherical shapes with average diameters of 1100.00 nm. The greatest uptake capability of the Fe3O4/analcime nanocomposite toward the copper and cadmium ions is 176.68 and 203.67 mg/g, respectively. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir equilibrium isotherm best describe the uptake of copper and cadmium ions using the Fe3O4/analcime nanocomposite. The uptake of copper and cadmium ions using the Fe3O4/analcime nanocomposite is exothermic and chemical in nature.

Subjects

COPPER; FIELD emission electron microscopes; FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy; HEAVY metal toxicology; NANOCOMPOSITE materials

Publication

Discover Nano, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1

ISSN

2731-9229

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1186/s11671-023-03848-y