Due to the rapidity and the effectiveness of the method, the reduction of diazonium salts has been widely used to functionalize electrodes for sensor applications. However, the resulting organic film usually designed to provide complexing capabilities for the species to be determined could affect the sensor properties. The electrochemical reduction of 4methoxybenzene diazonium salt on graphite ...

Evidence is presented here that cupric ions play a part in the natural spinning of Bombyx mori silk. Proton induced X-ray emission studies revealed that the copper content increased from the posterior part to the anterior part of silk gland, and then further increased in the silk fiber. Spectrophotometric analysis demonstrated that cupric ions formed coordination complexes with silk fibroin cha...

Cupric and ferric ions were able to inactivate five enveloped or nonenveloped, single- or double-stranded DNA or RNA viruses. The virucidal effect of these metals was enhanced by the addition of peroxide, particularly for copper(II). Under the conditions of our test, mixtures of copper(II) ions and peroxide were more efficient than glutaraldehyde in inactivating phi X174, T7, phi 6, Junin, and ...

The isotopic enrichment of copper ions in a positive column Cu-Ne discharge using optogalvanic excitation is analyzed with a rate equation model. With excitation at 510.6 nm, the fraction of the ions belonging to the 63-amu isotope of copper is enriched relative to the neutral abundance. Enrichment as large as 10% is calculated when the initial abundance of the neutral isotope is small (<0.1) a...

A model system to investigate ultrasound-enhanced removal of metallic ions from aqueous solution by hydrous ferric oxide (HFO) adsorption has been conducted. The experimental data indicate that ultrasonic treatment of pre-formed HFO flocs can lead to enhanced removal of metallic ions from aqueous solution and that the level of enhancement is strongly correlated with the solution pH. Ultrasonic ...

(II) is spectrophotometrically determined with 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) 1–4 in the presence of EDTA. This color reaction can never be carried out by a batch method because the stability constant of copper(II)-EDTA (log K = 18.8) is larger than that of copper(II)-PAR (log K = 14.8). 1 Therefore, PAR is used as an indicator in the EDTA titration of copper(II). We found that a color reacti...

Introduction: A major concern of human being is accumulation and toxicity of heavy metals in their body. Copper is a heavy metal ion that in concentration of 2 mg/l can cause numerous complications. Different treatment methods have been proposed for removing metals from contaminated water by researchers. Among these methods, sorption seems a better method with high removal efficiency. In this s...

A high flux thin-film nanocomposite membrane epoxy/ zeolite NaA nanocomposite films prepared by using ultrasonic mixing and spin coating. The synthesized nanocomposites film was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermal gravity analysis (TGA), and FTIR spectroscopy. Water softener and water flux characteristics of the epoxy/ zeolite NaA nanocomposite ...

Ghezeljeh montmorillonite nanoclay was used as a natural adsorbent to measure and remove copper ions released from the cooking pot into food by applying the solid phase extraction (SPE) method in batch mode. The clay is characterized by using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The results of XRD and FT-IR of n...

Present study deals with the removal of copper ions from aqueous solution by using activated carbon of natural leaves like Nirgudi (NAC), Mudra (MAC) and Gliricidia Sipium (GAC) leaves which is highly efficient, ecofriendly and locally available adsorbents. A series of experiments were conducted in a batch system to evaluate the effect of system variables. The effect of contact time, pH and the...