Research Article
A Green and Facile Approach for Synthesis of Starch-Pectin Magnetite Nanoparticles and Application by Removal of Methylene Blue from Textile Effluent
Table 1
Variation of pectin (P) to starch (S) ratios.
| Final polymer conc. (%) | P : S | Volume of pectin used (mL) | Volume of starch used (mL) | Total volume of P/S mix | Volume of Fe3+/Fe2+ used (mL) | Volume of ammonia added (mL) | Code |
| 0.18 | 1 : 2 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 60 | 120 | MV001_NP | 0.18 | 1 : 4 | 50 | 200 | 250 | 50 | 110 | MV002_NP | 0.18 | 1 : 9 | 30 | 270 | 300 | 60 | 120 | MV003_NP | 0.86 | 1 : 2 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 60 | 140 | MV004_NP | 0.86 | 1 : 4 | 50 | 200 | 250 | 50 | 110 | MV005_NP | 0.86 | 1 : 9 | 30 | 270 | 300 | 60 | 120 | MV006_NP | 0.86 | 1 : 0 | 20 | — | 20 | 4 | 50 | MV007_NP |
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