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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Water Treatment from MB Using Zn-Ag MWCNT Synthesized by Double Arc Discharge.

Faizah S Aljohani, Mohamed Elsafi, Nourhan I Ghoneim, M Toderaş, M I Sayyed, Hamidreza Mohafez, Mohammad A Islam, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, Mostafa El-Khatib

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. New Materials and Technologies for Wastewater Treatment.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Faizah S AljohaniDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, Taibba University, Madinah P.O. Box 344, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed ElsafiPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8576-9561
Nourhan I GhoneimMaritime Department, International Maritime College Oman (IMCO), Sohar 322, Oman.ORCID 0000-0003-3106-9177
M ToderaşDepartment of Physics, University of Oradea, 410 087 Oradea, Romania.
M I SayyedDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman 11622, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0003-3040-8878
Hamidreza MohafezDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-5861-5049
Mohammad A IslamDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-3862-9125
Mayeen Uddin KhandakerCentre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies, School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway 47500, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-3772-294X
Mostafa El-KhatibBasic Sciences Department, Faculty of Engineering, Pharos University in Alexandria, Alexandria 21526, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-7094-4803

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new type of nano-adsorbent zinc-silver nanoparticles ornamented by multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Zn-Ag MWCNT) was efficiently synthesized by double arc discharge using a newly designed rotating cylinder electrode. Zn-Ag MWCNT was characterized by different instrumental methods to get information about the sample shape, size, and crystallinity. Without irradiation, Zn-Ag MWCNT indicated significant potential for elimination against methylene blue (MB) which is dissolved in deionized water. When the adsorbent concentration was 0.1 g/L at normal 8 pH, the Zn-Ag MWCNTs were efficient in removing 97% of the MB from 40 mg/L that was dissolved in water for 10 min. The dye removal activity of (Zn-Ag) decorated MWCNTs was attributed to the influence of silver and zinc nanoparticles on the MWCNTs. Finally, this approach was both cost-effective and efficient.

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carbon nanotubescontaminated waterdouble arc dischargedye removalmethylene bluezinc-silver nanoparticles

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PMID34885360
PMCPMC8658634

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