New approach for the removal of metal ions from water: Adsorption onto aquatic plants and microwave reaction for the fabrication of nanometals

  • B. Chefetz
  • , L. Sominski
  • , M. Pinchas
  • , T. Ginsburg
  • , S. Elmachliy
  • , E. Tel-Or
  • , A. Gedanken*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We adsorb heavy metal ions such as Ag+, Pb2+, and Ru3+ onto an aquatic plant and convert the adsorbed ions to the corresponding nanometallic particles by the polyol reaction carried out in a microwave oven.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15179-15181
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume109
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Aug 2005

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