One-Step Carbon Coating and Polyacrylamide Functionalization of Fe₃O₄ Nanoparticles for Enhancing Magnetic Adsorptive-Remediation of Heavy Metals.

ABSTRACT: Magnetic nanoparticles are used in adsorptive removal of heavy metals from polluted wastewater. However, their poor stability in an acidic medium necessitates their protection with a coating layer. Coating magnetic nanoparticles with carbon showed proper protection but the heavy metal removal efficiency was slightly weak. However, to boost the removal efficiencies of surface functionalization, polyacrylamide was applied to carbon-coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles. In this paper, to facilitate the synthesis process, one-step carbon coating and polyacrylamide functionalization were conducted using the hydrothermal technique with the aim of enhancing the adsorptive removal capacity of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles towards some heavy metals such as Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), and Cd(II). The results showed that th

SUBMITTER: Habila MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6149930 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature