High Efficient Nanocomposite for Removal of Heavy Metals (Hg2+ and Pb2+) from Aqueous Solution

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran

2 Institute of Nano Science and Nano Technology, University of Kashan

10.7508/jns.2016.01.003

Abstract

In current work, CdS/black carbon nanocomposites were successfully synthesized with the aid of chestnut and cadmium nitrate as the starting reagents. Besides, the effects of preparation parameters such as reaction time, and precursor concentration on the morphology of products and removal of heavy metals (Hg+2, Pb+2) were studied by scanning electron microscopy images and batch adsorption mode. CdS/black carbon nanocomposite introduced as new and high efficient system for removal of heavy metal ions. The as-synthesized products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and spectra energy dispersive analysis of X-ray.

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