Research Article
Biosynthesis and Characterization of Iron Nanoparticles for Effective Adsorption of Cr(VI)
Table 1
Elemental analysis results for FeNPs before and after adsorption.
| Weight (%) | Element | E. japonica leaves extract | Green-synthesized FeNPs | After Cr(VI) adsorption |
| O | 37.47 | 37.53 | 25.12 | Fe | – | 28.70 | 21.13 | C | 42.22 | 18.31 | 22.53 | S | 0.62 | 12.55 | 10.52 | K | 8.83 | 2.642 | 3.580 | Mg | 1.52 | 0.243 | 0.110 | Ca | 5.03 | — | — | Cl | 3.91 | — | 13.53 | Si | 0.37 | — | — | Cr | — | — | 3.435 |
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