
Development and Characterization of Antibacterial Activated Carbon Composite of Zinc and Oxide for Water Filtration as an Industrial Application
Author(s) -
Shahid Hussain Abro,
Hazim Moria,
Mohammad N. Alghamdi,
Abdulaal Z. Al-Khazaal,
Syed Saad-Ul Haque
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pakistan journal of scientific and industrial research. series a: physical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2223-2559
pISSN - 2221-6413
DOI - 10.52763/pjsir.phys.sci.63.3.2020.162.167
Subject(s) - zinc , activated carbon , filtration (mathematics) , materials science , composite number , context (archaeology) , chemical engineering , carbon fibers , oxide , porosity , sintering , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , metallurgy , composite material , adsorption , organic chemistry , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , engineering , biology
A scientific approach has been adopted in this research work to develop an antibacterial composite material by synthesizing the zinc and oxide together along with activated composite of carbon. NH3, H2O2, ZnO, AC and H2O were used in this context. Embedded together to convert the zinc oxide to activated carbon. The 2.5 g of zinc oxide along with 45 mL of ammonia mixed with 4 mL of H2O2. After that 250 g of activated carbon along with precursor solution was soaked for a period of 3 h. Immediately, after soaking the solution was kept for drying at room temperature for a period of 12 h. After drying, the product was sintered in the sintering furnace at a temp: of 248 °K (120 °C) for a soaking period of 2 h. The morphology was analyzed with the help of XRD and SEM. The XRD peaks clearly shows the zinc oxide and activated carbon product and also the SEM micrographs reveal the porous structure of the composite of ZnO activated carbon. It is concluded that the antibacterial activated carbon composite of zinc and oxide was successfully developed and can be used for water filtration.