title: Magnetic composites based on metallic nickel and molybdenum carbide: a potential material for pollutants removal.
abstract: New magnetic composites based on metallic nickel and molybdenum carbide, Ni/Mo(2)C, have been produced via catalytic chemical vapor deposition from ethanol. Scanning electron microscopy, thermal analysis, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies suggest that the CVD process occurs in a single step. This process involves the reduction of NiMo oxides at different temperatures (700, 800 and 900°C) with catalytic deposition of carbon from ethanol producing molybdenum carbide on Ni surface. In the absence of molybdenum the formation of Ni/C was observed. The magnetic molybdenum carbide was successfully used as pollutants removal by adsorption of sulfur and nitrogen compounds from liquid fuels and model dyes such as methylene blue and indigo carmine. The dibenzothiofene adsorption process over Ni/Mo(2)C reached approximately 20 mg g(-1), notably higher than other materials described in the literature and also removed almost all methylene blue dye. The great advantage of these carbide composites is that they may be easily recovered magnetically and reused.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Mambrini
authors.forename: Thales L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Anderson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Luiz C A
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Maria Helena
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: Flávia C C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Moura
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002384:Catalysis; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005742:Gasoline / Q000032:analysis / Q000592:standards*; D007203:Indigo Carmine / Q000302:isolation & purification; D059346:Magnets / Q000737:chemistry*; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000737:chemistry*; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D010578:Petroleum / Q000032:analysis / Q000592:standards*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013499:Surface Properties; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005742:Gasoline; D010578:Petroleum; D013876:Thiophenes; C574181:molybdenum carbide; D009532:Nickel; D008982:Molybdenum; D007203:Indigo Carmine; D008751:Methylene Blue; C016366:dibenzothiophene