Silver Nanoparticles Obtained by Semicontinuous Chemical Reduction Using Carboxymethyl Cellulose as a Stabilizing Agent and Its Antibacterial Capacity

Table 2

Average diameter () of the AgNPs.

Sample	(nm); TEM	(nm); Scherrer equation	% Ag wt (EDX analysis)	% conversion
SI	12 ± 7.8	12.57	94.1 ± 2.15	84.2
S2	13.8 ± 9.7	15.87	95.4 ± 2.46	83.2
S3	25.2 ± 9.9	27.80	93.3 ± 2.35	82.1
S4	35.6 ± 10.4	31.55	94.9 ± 2.44	85.6
S5	16.2 ± 8.7	19.24	95.6 ± 2.70	86.8
S6	12.7 ± 4.4	14.45	93.8 ± 1.98	83.3
S7	30.4 ± 14.9	28.07	96.4 ± 2.53	85.1
S8	41.4 ± 19.7	44.74	92.7 ± 2.81	84.8