Phenylalanine Removal from Water by Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Functionalized with Two Different Surfactants

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Chemistry, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

2 Nanoscience Technology Center, Department of Materials and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA

10.7508/JNS.2016.03.004

Abstract

In the present study, the application for the removal of phenylalanine by using two nano sorbents, namely, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide –Coated and BKC (benzal-conium chloride)-Coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles was investigated. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) and ultra violet–visible spectroscopy were used for studying the removal ability of each nano-sorbent in this study. Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Fourier infrared were used to characterize the synthesized magnetite nanoparticles. Batch adsorption studies were carried out to study the effect of various parameters, such as contact time, solution pH and concentration of phenylalanine. The equilibrium adsorption data of phenylalanine onto Fe3O4 nanoparticles (non-functionalized sample), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide -Coated and BKC -Coated were analyzed using Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherms. The results indicated that adsorption of phenylalanine increased with increasing solution pH and maximum removal of phenylalanine was obtained at pH=9.0. Correlation coefficient were determined by analyzing each isotherm. It was found that the Freundlich equation showed better correlation with the experimental data than the Langmuir.

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Journal of Nanostructures
Volume 6, Issue 3
July 2016
Pages 199-206

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