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| Author(s): |
Liana Alvares Rodrigues
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Lorena. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL/ASDI) |
| Defense date: | 2009-02-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria Lúcia Caetano Pinto da Silva;
Heizir Ferreira de Castro;
Maria do Carmo de Andrade Nono
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| Advisor: | Maria Lúcia Caetano Pinto da Silva |
| Abstract | |
In the present study the parameters of Nb2O5.nH2O precipitation via reverse microemulsion were investigated with the objective to synthesize homogeneous nanoparticles according to morphology, structure and size. Basic synthesis parameters, such as addition order of microemulsions (O), ratio of water to surfactant (W), ratio of NbOF5-2 to water, were determined by design of experiments. The Nb2O5.nH2O was also prepared by co-precipitation and homogeneous solution method. The materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (TG/DTG), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and BET specific surface area measurements. The phosphate adsorption onto Nb2O5.nH2O was performed. The best way to prepared Nb2O5.nH2O via reverse microemulsion was used in experiment 2. MEV micrographs confirmed that materials prepared by microemulsion were smallest than materials prepared by co-precipitation and homogeneous solution. The kinetic data corresponded very well to the pseudo-second-order equation. The phosphate adsorption tended to increase with a decrease of pH. The data fitted well to the Langmuir model and the adsorption capacity for the Nb2O5.nH2O presented the following decreasing order: ME2>PSHu>PC>PSHc. The thermodynamic parameters evaluated reveal the spontaneous and endothermic nature of phosphate adsorption onto Nb2O5.nH2O. Phosphate can be desorbed from the surface of hydrous niobium oxide by adjusting the pH values of the solution. The phosphate adsorption occurs by the mechanisms of chemisorptions, physisorptions and ion-exchange. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 06/05421-0 - Synthesis of hydrous niobium oxide nanoparticles by reverse microemulsion |
| Grantee: | Liana Alvares Rodrigues |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |