| APPLICATIONS OF REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE MAGNETITE NANOCOMPOSITE IN REMOVAL OF COPPER IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS |
| Paper ID : 1052-YRC2022 (R1) |
| Authors |
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Sherif Fawzy ELDAMHOGY *1, SABRY A El-Korashy2, Nadia Fathy Abd El-Aal2, Hesham Ramzy TANTAWY3 1suez canal university 2Suez canal university 3Military technical college |
| Abstract |
| The growing worldwide population and ever-intensifying human activities are continually contaminating the water environment [1]. Heavy metal contamination, generally generated by industrial effluents, is a critical challenge among the difficult environmental challenges. Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Cr, As and other heavy metals are being released into the water environment. Heavy metals are chemically stable and non-biodegradable, thus they can accumulate in the environment for a long time. Long-term or high-level exposure to toxic heavy metals can result in a variety of serious health issues, such as neurological impairment, anemia, bone defects, cancer [2], and so on. As a result, establishing effective strategies to control heavy metal contamination is critical. A few-layered magnetic reduced graphene oxide (FLMRGO) adsorbent was synthesized, characterized, and adopted to remove Cu (II) from aqueous solutions. The studies showed that FLMGO's two components, reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and Fe3O4, enhance each other, allowing FLMGO to outperform either RGO or Fe3O4. Furthermore, FLMRGO may be easily recovered by a hand-held magnet through magnetic separation. FLMRGO's excellent adsorption efficiency makes it a promising candidate for heavy metal removal and the adsorption process followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. |
| Keywords |
| Graphene, Magnetite Reduced Graphene oxide composite, Adsorption, Wastewater treatment |
| Status: Accepted (Oral Presentation) |
