Development of a new efficient and economical magnetic sorbent silicone surfactant-based activated carbon for the removal of chloro- and nitro-group phenolic compounds from contaminated water samples.

ABSTRACT: In this study, activated carbon (AC) coated with a green silicone surfactant (SS) was further incorporated with magnetite particles (Fe₃O₄) via a co-precipitation method to enhance the separation of the newly designed magnetic AC-SS (Fe₃O₄@AC-SS) in a magnetic field. The properties of this magnetic adsorbent were characterized via Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The adsorption characteristics of the Fe₃O₄@AC-SS adsorbent were examined using 2,4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol as adsorbates. Experiments were performed to investigate the adsorption kinetics, isotherms, thermodynamics as well

SUBMITTER: Gopal K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075134 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature