Abstract
The aim of this study consisted to develop novel synthetic magnetite nanoparticles (nFe3O4) with preferential reactivity to trace elements (TE) for possible environmental applications as adsorbents. The synthetic magnetite materials obtained through the co-precipitation of both Fe3+ and Fe2+ ions (Fe2+/Fe3+=0.5) were characterized by a set of complementary techniques: X-ray diffraction, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and BET adsorption method. The resulting nFe3O4 displayed a wide specific surface area (100m2g−1) with particles reaching a size of about 10nm, smaller than those of the well-crystallized commercial ones (cFe3O4) estimated at 80nm while showing a BET surface area of 6.8m2g−1. The adsorption properties of the synthetic nFe304 magnetite nanoparticles were characterized and compared to the commercial analogous with the adsorption of both As and Cu. The equilibrium adsorption isotherms were properly fitted with Langmuir and Freundlich equation models and suggested that the developed iron oxides nanoparticles display a certain potential for removal and/or immobilization of TE from contaminated waters and/or soils, with an increase of 69.5% of the adsorbed amount compared to that of the commercial ones.
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