Effect of chemical activation process on adsorption of As(V) ion from aqueous solution by mechano-thermally synthesized zinc ferrite nanopowder

Mohammad Sefidmooy Azar; Shahram Raygan; Saeed Sheibani

doi:10.1007/s12613-019-1931-5

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Mohammad Sefidmooy Azar, Shahram Raygan, and Saeed Sheibani, Effect of chemical activation process on adsorption of As(V) ion from aqueous solution by mechano-thermally synthesized zinc ferrite nanopowder, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 4, pp. 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1931-5

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Mohammad Sefidmooy Azar, Shahram Raygan, and Saeed Sheibani, Effect of chemical activation process on adsorption of As(V) ion from aqueous solution by mechano-thermally synthesized zinc ferrite nanopowder, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 27(2020), No. 4, pp. 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1931-5

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Effect of chemical activation process on adsorption of As(V) ion from aqueous solution by mechano-thermally synthesized zinc ferrite nanopowder

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Shahram Raygan E-mail: shraygan@ut.ac.ir
Received: 30 May 2019; Revised: 4 October 2019; Accepted: 16 October 2019; Available online: 6 November 2019

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Nanostructured ZnFe₂O₄ was synthesized by the heat treatment of a mechanically activated mixture of ZnO/α-Fe₂O₃. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) results demonstrated that, after 5 h of the mechanical activation of the mixture, ZnFe₂O₄ was formed by heat treatment at 750°C for 2 h. To improve the characteristics of ZnFe₂O₄ for adsorption applications, the chemical activation process was performed. The 2 h chemical activation with 1 mol·L⁻¹ HNO₃ and co-precipitation of 52%−57% dissolved ZnFe₂O₄ led to an increase in the saturated magnetization from 2.0 to 7.5 emu·g⁻¹ and in the specific surface area from 5 to 198 m²·g⁻¹. In addition, the observed particle size reduction of chemically activated ZnFe₂O₄ in field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) micrographs was in agreement with the specific surface area increase. These improvements in ZnFe₂O₄ characteristics considerably affected the adsorption performance of this adsorbent. Adsorption results revealed that mechano-thermally synthesized ZnFe₂O₄ had the maximum arsenic adsorption of 38% with the adsorption capacity of 0.995 mg·g⁻¹ in a 130 mg·L⁻¹ solution of As(V) after 30 min of agitation. However, chemically activated ZnFe₂O₄ showed the maximum arsenic adsorption of approximately 99% with the adsorption capacity of 21.460 mg·g⁻¹ under the same conditions. These results showed that the weak adsorption performance of mechano-thermally synthesized ZnFe₂O₄ was improved by the chemical activation process.
- zinc ferrite;
- mechano-thermal;
- chemical activation;
- adsorption;
- arsenic(V)

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