Poly-NIPAM/Fe3O4/multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites for kerosene removal from water

Thamer Adnan Abdullah; Tatjána Juzsakova; Phuoc-Cuong Le; Karol Kułacz; Ali D Salman; Rashed T Rasheed; Muhammad Ali Mallah; Bela Varga; Hadeel Mansoor; Eva Mako; Balázs Zsirka; Ashok Kumar Nadda; X Cuong Nguyen; D Duc Nguyen

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119372

Poly-NIPAM/Fe₃O₄/multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites for kerosene removal from water

Environ Pollut. 2022 Aug 1:306:119372. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119372. Epub 2022 May 6.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, Bio-Environmental and Chemical Engineering Research and Development Center, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary; Chemistry Branch, Applied Sciences Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.
² Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, Bio-Environmental and Chemical Engineering Research and Development Center, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary.
³ The University of Danang-University of Science and Technology, Danang, 550000, Viet Nam.
⁴ Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland.
⁵ Chemistry Branch, Applied Sciences Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.
⁶ National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
⁷ Material Branch, Applied Science Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.
⁸ Department of Materials Engineering, Research Center for Engineering Sciences, University of Pannonia, H-8210 Veszprem, POB. 1158, Hungary.
⁹ Research Group of Analytical Chemistry/Laboratory for Surfaces and Nanostructures, University of Pannonia, P.O. Box 158, Veszprem, 8201, Hungary.
¹⁰ Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 173 234, India.
¹¹ Center for Advanced Chemistry, Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Viet Nam; Faculty of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Viet Nam.
¹² Faculty of Environmental and Food Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, 300A Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4, HCM City 755414, Viet Nam; Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon, 442-760, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: nguyensyduc@gmail.com.

PMID: 35533957
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119372

Abstract

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were oxidized using a mixture of H₂SO₄ and HNO₃, and the oxidized MWCNTS were decorated with magnetite (Fe₃O₄). Finally, poly-N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-butyl acrylate (P-NIPAM) was added to obtain P-NIPAM/Fe/MWCNT nanocomposites. The nanosorbents were characterized by various techniques, including X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis. The P-NIPAM/Fe/MWCNT nanocomposites exhibited increased surface hydrophobicity. Owing to their higher adsorption capacity, their kerosene removal efficiency was 95%; by contrast, the as-prepared, oxidized, and magnetite-decorated MWCNTs had removal efficiencies of 45%, 55%, and 68%, respectively. The P-NIPAM/Fe/MWCNT nanocomposites exhibited a sorbent capacity of 8.1 g/g for kerosene removal from water. The highest kerosene removal efficiency from water was obtained at a process time of 45 min, sorbent dose of 0.005 g, solution temperature of 40 °C, and pH 3.5. The P-NIPAM/Fe/MWCNTs showed excellent stability after four cycles of kerosene removal from water followed by regeneration. The reason may be the increase in the positive charge of the polymer at pH 3.5 and the increased adsorption affinity of the adsorbent toward the kerosene contaminant. The pseudo second-order model was found to be the most suitable model for studying the kinetics of the adsorption reaction.

Keywords: Kerosene removal; MWCNTs; Magnetite; Nanocomposite; Poly-N-Isopropyl acrylamide-co-butyl acrylate (P-NIPAM).

MeSH terms

Acrylic Resins
Adsorption
Ferrosoferric Oxide / chemistry
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Kerosene
Kinetics
Nanocomposites* / chemistry
Nanotubes, Carbon* / chemistry
Water / chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis
Water Purification* / methods

Substances

Acrylic Resins
Kerosene
Nanotubes, Carbon
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Water
poly-N-isopropylacrylamide
Ferrosoferric Oxide