A Comparative Study of Antibacterial Activity of CuO/Ag and ZnO/Ag Nanocomposites

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Component</td><td class="align_center">CuO/Ag</td><td class="align_center">ZnO/Ag</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Al2O3</td><td class="align_center">0.0849</td><td class="align_center">0.105</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SiO2</td><td class="align_center">0.147</td><td class="align_center">0.257</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">P2O5</td><td class="align_center">0.0146</td><td class="align_center">0.0203</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">K2O</td><td class="align_center">0.0429</td><td class="align_center">0.0473</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CaO</td><td class="align_center">0.0214</td><td class="align_center">0.0216</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CuO</td><td class="align_center">99.2</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ZnO</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">98.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ag2O</td><td class="align_center">0.518</td><td class="align_center">0.547</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>XRF analysis of the components of copper oxide/silver and zinc oxide/silver (ZnO/Ag) nanocomposites.</div>

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Table 1: A Comparative Study of Antibacterial Activity of CuO/Ag and ZnO/Ag Nanocomposites 