Sonochemistry production of ZnO and zero-valent Fe nanoparticles from solutions of electric arc furnace dust leaching

Green Processing and Synthesis

Cerchier Pietrogiovanni¹  Dabalà Manuele¹  Brunelli Katya¹  Bonora Renato¹ 

[1] Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padua, Italy;

关键词: electric arc furnace dust;    nanoparticles;    ultrasound;    zero-valent iron;    zinc oxide;   

DOI  :  10.1515/gps-2016-0193

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this work, nanoparticles of ZnO and zero-valent Fe were sonochemically synthesised using a solution produced from electric arc furnace dust leaching as raw material. The leaching was previously carried out using ultrasound with various concentrations of sulphuric acid. The resulting solutions contained, in addition to varying amounts of Zn and Fe, elements such as Cr, Mn, Mg, Ca, and Si. Two methods were developed, one for Fe and one for ZnO, to obtain the nanoparticles and to avoid the precipitation of the additional elements during the nanoparticle production. The synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles was performed through the formation of a precursor by sonochemical reaction with NaOH, and the thermal decomposition of this precursor by heating in furnace. The production of Fe nanoparticles involved the precipitation of FeOOH, the dissolution of FeOOH in HCl solution, and the ultrasound-assisted reduction of the iron ions with NaBH4. The nanoparticles were characterised by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and UV spectroscopy. The nanoparticles of Fe had a particle size of 6 nm and resulted in zero-valent Fe, whereas the ZnO nanoparticles were between 30 and 50 nm.

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