Feasibility of magnetic nano adsorbent impregnated with activated carbon from animal bone waste: Application for the chromium (VI) removal.

Chromium is the heavy metal which existing in the effluents cause extensive discomfort to the environmental components. Bone waste is widely generated in food processing industries and restaurants. It is now used by switching into activated carbon. By co-precipitation procedure, the activated carbon is coated with a nano adsorbent. The Fe3O4-BAC adsorbent potential was established in this study via several batch tests. The adsorbing adverts had super magnetic behavior, and the magnetization value was 22 emu/g. The SEM imaging of the Fe3O4-BAC shows an improved morphology of 100-446 nm, and the nanoparticles were monodispersed. The present investigation also delves into the study of system parameters on the removal of metal ions. Optimal adsorption has been found at the acidic pH at the contact time of 60min for the adsorbent amount of 5 g/L. Maximum capacity of adsorption by nano adsorbent was 27.86 mg/g. Thermodynamic and isotherm tests have established the process viability. In addition, the kinetic studies establish the inclination of the studied Fe3O4-BAC towards pseudo-first order models. Hence, Fe3O4-BAC could be potential adsorbent to remove chromium from an aqueous solution.

Synthesis and Electrochemical Behavior of Ceria Based Bi-Layer Films by Dip Coating Technique.

Ceria based bi-layer films of CeO2-CdS and CeO2-TiO2 were prepared by sol-gel based hydrothermal route combined with dip-coating. The synthesized samples were subjected to various characterizations such as X-ray diffraction, Field emission scanning electron microscopy, thermo-gravimetric analysis, UV-Vis absorption and photoluminescence studies. The prepared materials were dissolved in naffion solution and disposed as a thin film on glassy carbon electrode by dip coating technique. Electrochemical Li+ intercalation/deintercalation was performed by cyclic voltammetry and these results indicate that the CeO2/LiClO4 system is electrochemically reversible. The total intercalation/deintercalation of the CeO2 film, CeO2-CdS and CeO2-TiO2 bi-layer films was determined by cyclic voltammetry, which showed increased charge storage capacity.