Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-Composites Magnetic Carbon and their Applications in Produced Water Treatment

Abstract

Abstract Nanomaterials have gained significant interest in the past decade because of their unique physio-chemical properties unlike their bulk materials. This gives nanomaterials the potential to be used in a wide range of applications. Chemical and physical methods have gained success in synthesizing nanoparticles with excellent shape and size control. The present work investigate, two newfangled paradigms were set up for produced water treatment. Firstly; decoration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with magnetite (MMWCNTs), were prepared then modified with silicon oxide nanomaterial (MMWCNTs/SiO2) and bismuth oxide nanomaterial (MMWCNTs/Bi2O3). Secondly; low cost amphiphilic activated carbon (AC), prepared from saw-dust waste products via green and fast microwave synthetic methodology. It is ornamented with magnetite (MAC) then modified with silica nanomaterial (MAC/SiO2) and bismuth nanomaterial (MAC/ Bi2O3), these fabricated nanocomposites materials were fully characterized using high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), zeta potential measurement, energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared photometer (FTIR), and X-Ray diffraction techniques (XRD).