Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Assisted Arsenic, Mercury, And Cadmium Removal From Aqueous Solution
– Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) can play a significant role in the removal of heavy metal from contaminated solution .Aresnite ,As(III) highly toxic,mobile and predominant species in arsenic contaminated water IONPs have been synthesized, characterized and tested for the removal of As(III) from arsenic contaminated water. In this work , we synthesized IONPs using a chemical method involving dispersion of Fe3+ ions through polymer molecules of poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) in aqueous medium X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed the formation of a single phase rhomobohrdral crystal structure, the size of nanoparticles was 50-100 nm. Transmission electron microscopic images corborate the result of IONPs (50-100 nm) . The adsorption of As(III),Hg(II) and Cd(II) On (IONPs) was studied using four parameters contact time, concentration, dose of IONPs and pH Adsorption equilibrium was achieved in 100 min and maximum removal of As(III) was obtained at pH (6-6.5) . The isotherm analysis indicated that the adsorption data better filted to the Langmuir isotherm model. The maximum adsorption capacities were 101.2, 73.10 and 60.05 mg g_1 for As(III), Hg(II) and Cd(II), respectively.
ezuldeen mohammed abraheem aboushalloua(9-2021)
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