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MATERIALS
卷 10, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma10121355
关键词
magnetic nano-zinc oxide; nanotube structure; microwave technology; phenol uptake process
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资金
- Egyptian Science and Technology Development fund (STDF) [10763]
- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University (KKU) [R.G.P.2/2/38]
Considering the great impact of a material's surface area on adsorption processes, hollow nanotube magnetic zinc oxide with a favorable surface area of 78.39 m(2)/g was fabricated with the assistance of microwave technology in the presence of poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) as a stabilizing agent followed by sonic precipitation of magnetite nano-particles. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs identified the nanotubes' morphology in the synthesized material with an average aspect ratio of 3. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis verified the combination of magnetite material with the hexagonal wurtzite structure of ZnO in the prepared material. The immobilization of magnetite nanoparticles on to ZnO was confirmed using vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The sorption affinity of the synthesized magnetic ZnO nanotube for phenolic compounds from aqueous solutions was examined as a function of various processing factors. The degree of acidity of the phenolic solution has great influence on the phenol sorption process on to magnetic ZnO. The calculated value of H-0 designated the endothermic nature of the phenol uptake process on to the magnetic ZnO nanotubes. Mathematical modeling indicated a combination of physical and chemical adsorption mechanisms of phenolic compounds on to the fabricated magnetic ZnO nanotubes. The kinetic process correlated better with the second-order rate model compared to the first-order rate model. This result indicates the predominance of the chemical adsorption process of phenol on to magnetic ZnO nanotubes.
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