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A sustainable approach to Gilloy-shoot extract-mediated synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles: isotherm and kinetic study of U(VI) removal

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Magnetically modified nanoparticles have been demonstrated to be quite successful at re-mediating wastewater in recent experiments. The current study presents a simple, greener method for making Gilloy (Tinospora Cordifolia) shoot extract-reduced magnetic nanoparticles (GS@MNPs) and analyses their ability to adsorb uranium (VI) ions. Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Scanning electron microscopy was among the techniques used to characterize the prepared GS@MNPs. Various analytical parameters such as contact time (5 min), pH (7.0), GS@MNPs (0.001 g), and U(VI) dosage (0.2 mg/L) were all optimized to their best possible values. According to the findings, the adsorption process follows Langmuir isotherm with 93.54 mg/g adsorption efficiency and pseudo-second-order kinetics. Reusability and recovery of GS@MNPs were also investigated in this study. The prepared GS@MNPs were discovered to be a simple, quick, and environmentally friendly adsorbent for removing U(VI) ions.

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The authors are pleased to the Director, National institute of Technology, Raipur for providing laboratory and library facilities, and to CIF-IIT Bhilai, Raipur for providing FE-SEM facility. One of the authors, Aditya Narayan Tiwari gratefully acknowledges the UGC [F.No.16-6(DEC.2018)/2019 (NET/CSIR)] for fellowship.

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Tiwari, A.N., Tapadia, K., Thakur, C. et al. A sustainable approach to Gilloy-shoot extract-mediated synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles: isotherm and kinetic study of U(VI) removal. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 3819–3833 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08441-8

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