Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (01): 107.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0251-0790.2012.01.018

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Synthesis of Carboxyl-functionalized Silica Coated Fe3O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Adsorption Ability of Cu2+

ZHENG Qun-Xiong, LIU Huang, XU Xiao-Qiang, DU Mei-Xia   

  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310035, China
  • Received:2011-05-26 Online:2012-01-10 Published:2011-12-20
  • Contact: ZHENG Qun-Xiong E-mail:zhengqunxiong@mail.zjgsu.edu.cn

Abstract: Carboxyl-functionalized Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles(CMNP) with core-shell structure were prepared by modifying silica coated Fe3O4 magentic nanoparticles(MNP), which were successfully prepared by co-precipitation method, with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane(APTES) and Succinic anhydride. The morphology, structure, chemical composition and magnetic characteristics of the CMNP were characterized by transmission electron microscopy(TEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD), X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS), vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM), thermal gravimetric analysis(TGA) and Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy(FTIR). Moreover, the adsorption properties of the CMNP for the removal of Cu2+ in aqueous solution were investigated and various factors affecting the absorption behavior of Cu2+ such as initial pH value, initial concentration of Cu2+ and contact time were studied. The TEM results show that the average partical size of CMNP is 15 nm. Magnetic measurement reveals it is nearly superparamagnetic with a saturation magnetization of 41.84 A·m2/kg. Adsorption equilibrium was achieved rapidly in 10 min and adsorption data of CMNP fitted well with the Langmuir isotherm model with the maximum adsorption capacity of 43.48 mg/g, the maximum uptake of Cu2+ was recorded at pH=7.

Key words: Co-precipitation method, Fe3O4 magentic nanoparticles, Cu2+, Adsorption

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