Fabrication, Characterization and Adsorption Studies of carbon nanotubes synthesis from camphor reinforced with poly N- methyl aniline.
S. M. Sayyah
, Amina A. Attia
, Nady A. Fathy
, Mona A. Shouman
, Amgad B. Khaliel
, Khadiga M. Abas
- Polymer Research Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Beni Suef University 62514 Beni-Suef, Egypt.
- Physical Chemistry Department, laporatory of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt.
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In the present study, multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were successfully synthesized over Ferric nitrate supported on alumina at 8500C under a nitrogen flow. Camphor was used as a carbon source which is an environment –friendly agricultural hydrocarbon via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The as grown MWCNTs combined with polymer (N-methyl aniline) via oxidative dispersion polymerization using ammonium peroxy disulfate (oxidant) in the presence of HCl (dopant). The synthesized materials were characterized by BET, XRD, FTIR, UVVIS, elemental analysis and HRTEM. The application of this synthesized materials were investigated in determination of lead ions in aqueous solution. MWCNTs/(PNMA) "nanocomposite" was found to exhibit the best adsorption capacity (147.3mg/g) indicating that this sorbent possess a great potential application prospect for removing Pb+2 from aqueous solutions. Freundlich model was more suitable to simulate the lead adsorption isotherms than Langmuir model.
[S. M. Sayyah, Amina A. Attia, Nady A. Fathy, Mona A. Shouman, Amgad B. Khaliel, Khadiga M. Abas (2015); Fabrication, Characterization and Adsorption Studies of carbon nanotubes synthesis from camphor reinforced with poly N- methyl aniline. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Sep). 1084-1095] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
