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International Conference on

Recent Trends in Environmental Sustainability

ESCON22/NMsB/01
Dyes mitigation: synthesis and characterization of cobalt iron copper oxide (CoFeCuOx)
using non-solvated method

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Aimen Abbas* , Faiz Rabbani , Muhammad Shahid , Ghulam Mustafa Shah , Hafiz Faiq
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Siddique Gul Bakhat
1 Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari
Correspondence: aimenabbas579@gmail.com
Abstract
The environmental contamination with organic dyes is increasing day by day especially the
water bodies with severe consequences on the on the aquatic life. To address the issue, cobalt
iron copper oxide (CoFeCuOx) was synthesized using solid state synthesis (non-solvated
method). The synthesized material was characterized with different analytical methods like x-
ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Radiation (FTIR) and Scanning electron
microscopy (SEM). The synthesized non-solvated material was applied for the removal of Evan
blue (dye). The XRD results show that size of material is lying in the range of 1.38-7.97nm
while vibrational pattern indicates that synthesized material exhibit water molecules adsorbed
on the surface of material. The surface analyses indicate that the particles of material are
coordinated with each other to form aggregates which are being observed in the range of 123-
933nm. The synthesized mixed metal oxide was used for the mitigation of Evan Blue (EB)
from the aqueous medium. The removal process was optimized using different experimental
factors like contact time of dye with material, effect of dose of materials, concentration of dyes
and temperature of reaction mixture.
Keywords: Dyes; Synthesis; FTIR; XRD; Scanning electron microscopy

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