A new chemical sensor based on attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy has been fabricated by coating an ATR crystal with a hydrophobic mesoporous silica film. The highly porous coating can extract hydrophobic analyres, such as benzene, from aqueous solutions and concentrate them inside the film. The enrichment of the analytes inside the film provides the...

Hollow magnetic porous Fe(3)O(4)/α-FeOOH microspheres, with abundant surface hydroxyl groups and carbonate-like species, were prepared using a simple template free solution method. The obtained magnetic microspheres were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms, vibrating sample magnetometry and X-ra...

Many metals are toxic in human organism, as is the case of cadmium and lead. Therefore, the metal levels in food need to be controlled. In coffee, metals may present risks when they are extracted from the powder to be consumed as beverage. A flow injection analysis (FIA) system is proposed, with atomic absorption detection, to metal adsorption studies in coffee powder. Kinetic study, best isoth...

A simple and accurate method for the quantitative retention of traces of selenium (IV) from aqueous media was developed employing polyurethane foams (PUFs).The dependences of selenium (IV) uptake by the unloaded and tributyl phosphate (TBP) plasticized PUFs on pH, salt effect, nature and concentration of surfactant, etc. was critically studied. The sorption data have followed Langmuir, and Dubi...

In this research by equilibrium adsorption isotherms of vitamin B2 (Ribo Flavin) on carbon nano-tubes having the multi wall through several discontinues method has been studied.with the help of spectro photometer (UV / VIS) adsorption chart based on the wavelength of vitamin B2 has been obtained, and the relevant graph is plotted .by considering factor of concentration, the concentration necess...

The structure of hydrated Co ions confined in the nanospace of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been studied using the X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) technique. Water adsorption isotherms on Co-impregnated SWNTs indicate a high affinity of Co ions to water molecules. The results of XAFS analysis provided the information on the proportion of dissolved species in nanospaces agai...

Lightweight aggregates (LWAs) made by sintering beidellitic clay deposits at high temperatures, with and without the addition of spent zeolitic sorbents (clinoptilolitic tuff and Na-P1 made from fly ash) containing diesel oil, were investigated. Mineral composition of the aggregates determined by X-ray diffraction was highly uniformized in respect of the initial composition of the substrates. T...

A facile method was developed to enhance the visible light photocatalytic activity of bismuth oxide formate (BiOCOOH) nanosheets via Br-doping. The as-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, photolum...