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Cu/MgO and Ni/MgO composite nanoparticles for fast, high-efficiency adsorption of aqueous lead(II) and chromium(III) ions

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The conditions were found and the patterns of formation of Ni and Cu composites based on MgO, obtained by the precipitation method and by the glycine–citrate–nitrate method. The obtained materials are of interest as sorbents for the purification of aqueous media from toxic impurities, as well as catalysts in organic synthesis, in particular for the production of methanol from carbon dioxide. The phase composition, thermal stability, microstructure of obtained nanocomposites, as well as their sorption properties, were studied. It was found that high sorption capacities of powders of magnesium oxide and MgO-M (where M—Cu, Ni) nanocomposites with respect to lead and chromium ions are up to 2989.0 and 499.9 mg/g, respectively.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Basic Research (project No. X18-PA017) and of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in the framework of Increase Competitiveness Program of NUST «MISiS» (No. K2-2019-007), implemented by a governmental decree dated 16th of March 2013, N 211.

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    Iryna Matsukevich, Yuliya Lipai & Valentin Romanovski

  2. Center of Functional Nano-Ceramics, National University of Science and Technology «MISIS», Lenin av., 4, Moscow, Russia, 119049

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Matsukevich, I., Lipai, Y. & Romanovski, V. Cu/MgO and Ni/MgO composite nanoparticles for fast, high-efficiency adsorption of aqueous lead(II) and chromium(III) ions. J Mater Sci 56, 5031–5040 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05593-4

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