Table 1 Chemicals and instrumentations.
Chemicals | Chemical formula | Company | Molar mass (g/mol) | Assay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Graphite powder | C | NICE CHEMICALS | 12.01 | Particle size (150mesh): 99.5% |
Potassium permanganate | KMnO4 | BDH Chemicals Ltd | 158.03 | ≥ 99.0%, |
Terephthalic acid (H2BDC) | C8H6O4 | Merck | 166.13 | ≥ 98.0% |
N,N Dimethylformamide (DMF) | C3H7NO | SDFCL fine-chem | 73.09 | 99.0% |
Iron(III) chloride hexahydrate | FeCl3.6H2O | Alpha chemika | 270.3 | 99.0% |
Copper nitrate trihydrate | Cu(NO3)2.3H2O | Merck | 241.60 | 99.5% |
Sodium alginate | C6H7O6Na | Alfa Aesar, UK | 216.12 | ≥ 99.0% |
Molybdenum trioxide | MoO3 | VEB laborchemie Apolda | 143.94 | 99.5% |
Glutaldehyde | C5H8O2 | BDH chemicals Ltd. England | 100.11 | > 95.0% |
1,5-Diphenylcarbazide | C13H14N4O | Sigma-Aldrich | 242.28 | ≥ 99.0% |
Sulfuric acid | H2SO4 | Sigma-Aldrich | 98.07 | 98.0% |
Sodium hydroxide | NaOH | Riedel de Haen, Germany | 40.00 | ≥ 99.0% |
Hydrochloric acid (HCl) | HCl | Sigma Aldrich,USA | 36.46 | 37.0% (w/w) |
Sodium chloride | NaCl | VWR international Ltd | 58.44 | 99.5% |
Measurements | The model of the instrument | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
UV–Vis spectrophotometer | Unico UV– Vis-7200 | |||
pH values | Adwa pH-meter | |||
microwave oven | KOG-1B5H, Korea, 1400 W and 2.45 GHZ | |||
Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) | BRUKER Tensor 70 | |||
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) | JEOL-JSM-5300 | |||
High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope (HR-TEM) | JEOL- JSM | |||
X-ray diffraction (XRD) | JED-2300 T model | |||
Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) | Linseis STA PT1000 | |||
