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Using of Green Silica Amine-Fe3O4 Modified from Rrecovery Ag(I) on Aqueous System

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The study and application of green and economical silica adsorbents at the industrial level for the recovery of gold and silver from cyanide-rich aqueous solution systems in the mining industry has a great relevance, since activated carbon generates fine carbon particles that represent a monthly loss of 1938 g/ton of silver in some cyanidation plants; therefore, the search for other adsorbents that allow the most effective recovery of gold and silver is of great interest. Thus, in this paper is proposed and evaluated the possible replacement of activated carbon with green silica modified with Fe3O4 and triethylamine groups (GMS-N3-Fe3O4) synthesized by Si(OH)4 and Fe3O4 as magnetic materials for its application in the magnetic recovery of silver(I) during the cyanidation process. Results show that the aging of Si(OH)4 allows the improvement of the material preparation, both surface area and pore size manipulation, where the highest surface area is observed at 72 h of aging (624 m2g–1), while the pore distribution is bimodal type at 4 and 8 nm with 0 and 48 h of aging. On the other hand, the material maintains its adsorption capacity at 90% up to the fourth adsorption–desorption cycle, decreasing to 80% after the fifth cycle, which shows a good adsorption capacity and reusability of the proposed material.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support of the University of Guanajuato through the DAIP-CIIC 142/2023 and the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, through the Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado (SIP) for the financial support under the grant number SIP-20227036 and LICAMM Laboratory.

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This work was supported by the University of Guanajuato through the DAIP-CIIC 142/2023 and the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, through the Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado (SIP) for the financial support under the grant number SIP-20227036.

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    Mercedes Salazar-Hernández, Enrique Elorza Rodríguez, Ma. de Jesús Puy-Alquiza, Raúl Miranda-Aviles & Carolina Rodríguez Rodríguez

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Highlights

• Aging silicic acid from sodium silicate enhances its textural properties.

• The modification with triethylenamino groups enables magnetite to be incorporated into the green mesoporous silica, enhancing the magnetic recovery of Ag(l) at 2000 Gauss.

• The Ag(I) adsorption kinetics on GMS-N3-F3O4 was adjusted to the PSO model.

• The proposed material maintains a 90% adsorption capacity throughout the fourth cycle of adsorption and desorption.

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Salazar-Hernández, M., Salazar-Hernández, C., Rodríguez, E.E. et al. Using of Green Silica Amine-Fe3O4 Modified from Rrecovery Ag(I) on Aqueous System. Silicon 16, 1509–1524 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-023-02779-8

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