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Synthesis and characterization of Zeolite/Fe3O4 nanocomposite by green quick precipitation method.

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2013

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Hossein Jahangirian, Mohd Halim Shah Ismail, Jelas Haron, Roshanak Rafiee-Moghaddam, Kamyar Shameli, Soraya Hosseini, Katayoon Kalantari, Roshanak Khandanlou, Elham Gharibshahi, Sepideh Soltaninejad
Universiti Putra Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Abstract

A green quick precipitation method was successfully used for synthesis of magnetic iron 
\noxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4-NPs) on the surface of sodium/potassium type zeolite. Ferric 
\nchloride, ferrous chloride and sodium hydroxide aqueous solutions were used in the 
\nsynthesis and coating of the Fe3O4-NPs on the surface of the zeolite to produce the 
\nzeolite/magnetic iron oxide nanocomposite (zeolite/Fe3O4 –NCs). The reaction was 
\nperformed in aqueous suspension phase under the ambient condition as green chemistry 
\nmethod. Characterization with Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FT‒IR), powder 
\nX-ray diffraction (PXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray 
\nfluorescence (EDXF) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) confirmed the 
\nformation of Fe3O4-NPs with mean particle sizes of 3.55±1.02 nm on the surface of the 
\nzeolite.