Adsorption Behavior of Platinum Group Metals (Pd, Pt, Rh) onNonylthiourea-Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles

• Magnetite nanoparticles coated with nonylthiourea (NTH) were synthesizedand analyzed for the separation and recovery of platinum group metals (PGMs) fromdiluted aqueous chloride solutions. Physical characterizations of the coated nanoparticleswere performed by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), ThermogravimetricAnalysis (TGA) and FT-IR Spectrometry. Separation efficiency of the coatednanoparticles and the equilibrium adsorption isotherm of PGMs were investigated.The maximum adsorption was attained in less than 30 minutes, and the maximumloading capacity of NTH-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles for Pt(IV) and Pd(II) was determinedto be 10.7 and 8.1 mg g21, respectively. The recovery of PGMs from the loadednanoparticles was examined using different eluting solutions, including HNO3,thiourea, and NaClO4.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Materialkemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Materials Chemistry (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Adsorption

platinum group metals

magnetite nanoparticles

nonylthiourea

Materials chemistry

Materialkemi

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