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Removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions using inorganic porous nanocomposites

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The present paper reports a one-pot synthesis of magnetic nanocomposites samples through acid catalyzed sol-gel method. Fe(III) acetylacetonate was used as precursor of the iron oxide phase: tetraethylortosilicate for the silica phase and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA, molecular mass 49000) as pore former. Different concentrations of Fe2O3 in composites matrices were prepared and studied ranging from 0% to 20%. All reactions took place in one pot at room temperature; the materials were subsequently heat treated at 300°C, to ensure the crystallinity for the iron oxide having spinel structure, forming nanoparticles confined in the silica matrix. The materials were characterized using X-ray diffraction, small-angle neutron scattering, FT-IR spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption, Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetization measurements. The maximum value of room temperature saturation magnetization of ∼54 emu/g and 0.11 kOe coercive field was achieved for the magnetic nanocomposite sample with 20% Fe2O3. The highest surface area of 680m2/g was obtained for the sample with 10% Fe2O3. The potential applicability of the obtained materials was studied for adsorption performance for cadmium in aqueous solutions. The Langmuir isotherm model described well the adsorption data, indicating monolayer adsorption of Cd(II) on the heterogeneous composite surface.

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The authors thank the Romanian Academy and the Inter-Academic Exchange Program between Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Romanian Academy and the Inter-Academic Exchange Program between Romanian Academy and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Authors thank also Dr. Aurel Ercuta from West University of Timisoara, Romania for magnetic measurements and fruitful discussions.

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  1. “Coriolan Drăgulescu” Institute of Chemistry, Bv. Mihai Viteazul, No. 24, RO-300223, Timisoara, Romania

    Cătălin Ianăşi, Mirela Picioruş, Roxana Nicola & Ana-Maria Putz

  2. Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timişoara, Vasile Pârvan Bd., No. 6, 300223, Timişoara, România

    Mihaela Ciopec & Adina Negrea

  3. Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43, Prague, Czech Republic

    Daniel Nižňanský

  4. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Energy Research, POB 49, Budapest, 1525, Hungary

    Adél Len

  5. Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, POB 49, Budapest, 1525, Hungary

    László Almásy

  6. State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, China

    László Almásy

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Ianăşi, C., Picioruş, M., Nicola, R. et al. Removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions using inorganic porous nanocomposites. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 36, 688–700 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-019-0262-6

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