Synthesis and Characterization of Green Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Ra removal

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1 Head of protection and safety department Atomic Energy Commission of Syria

2 Department of Protection and Safety, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria

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Iron Oxide Magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4-NPs) were synthesized using a simple, fast and environmentally green method. Extracts of thyme and rosemary were used in the green synthesis of Fe3O4-NPs. Fourier transform infrared technology (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS) have been used for characterization of the prepared material. SEM images displayed that the synthesized Fe3O4-NPs were mostly in spherical shape with sizes ranged between (11 and 17 nm) and between (8 and 16 nm) when using thyme extract (0.5%) and rosemary extract (0.5%), respectively. The XRD results revealed that the prepared materials showed the high purity and crystallinity of Fe3O4-NPs. The synthesized Fe3O4-NPs were also confirmed using FTIR analysis. Mössbauer's analysis showed quadrupole splitting in compounds. properties. The synthesized Fe3O4-NPs were applied as absorbent materials to remove the 226Ra from the coproduced water with oil production successfully.

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Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 04 July 2023

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