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Extraction of metal ions using chemically modified silica gel: a PIXE analysis
P K Jal1, R K Dutta, M Sudarshan
1Centre of Studies in Surface Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Jyoti Vihar 768 019, India; Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities, Calcutta Centre, III/LB-8, Bidhan Nagar, Calcutta 700 098, India.
Abstract:
Organic ligand with carboxyhydrazide functional group was immobilised on the surface of silica gel and the metal binding capacity of the ligand-embedded silica was investigated. The functional group was covalently bonded to the silica matrix through a spacer of methylene groups by sequential reactions of silica gel with dibromobutane, malonic ester and hydrazine in different media. Surface area value of the modified silica was determined. The changes in surface area were correlated with the structural change of the silica surface due to chemical modifications. A mixture solution of metal ions [K(I),Cr(III),Co(II),Ni(II),Cu(II),Zn(II),Hg(II) and U(VI)] was treated with the ligand-embedded silica in 10(-3) M aqueous solution. The measurement of metal extraction capacity of the silica based ligand was done by multielemental analysis of the metal complexes thus formed by using Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) technique.
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