Facile Synthesis and Characterization of FeO/analcime Nanocomposite for the Efficient Removal of Cu(II) and Cd(II) Ions from Aqueous Media

Overview

Journal Discov Nano

Date 2023 Jun 29

PMID 37382736

Authors

Faisal K Algethami

Asma S Al-Wasidi

Eida S Al-Farraj

Hanadi A Katouah

Ehab A Abdelrahman

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Abstract

In the water purification field, heavy metal pollution is a problem that causes severe risk aversion. This study aimed to examine the disposal of cadmium and copper ions from aqueous solutions by a novel FeO/analcime nanocomposite. A field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and X-ray diffraction were used to characterize the synthesized products. The FE-SEM images showed that the analcime and FeO samples consist of polyhedral and quasi-spherical shapes with average diameters of 923.28 and 28.57 nm, respectively. Besides, the FeO/analcime nanocomposite consists of polyhedral and quasi-spherical shapes with average diameters of 1100.00 nm. The greatest uptake capability of the FeO/analcime nanocomposite toward the copper and cadmium ions is 176.68 and 203.67 mg/g, respectively. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir equilibrium isotherm best describe the uptake of copper and cadmium ions using the FeO/analcime nanocomposite. The uptake of copper and cadmium ions using the FeO/analcime nanocomposite is exothermic and chemical in nature.

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