Copper Molarity Effect on the Optical Properties of Cu2CdSnS4 Quaternary Thin Films

The quaternary alloy of Cu2CdSnS4 (CCSS) is one type of thin film materials that contributes to the field of photovoltaic devices manufacturing, the importance of which has not been commonly enlightened as most of the other materials. For the preparation of CCSS thin films at 350 °C on glass substrates, the chemical spray pyrolysis technique was used. The optical properties of thin films prepared under the influence of the variation of copper solution molarity (0.03, 0.05, 0.07, and 0.09 M) on the quaternary compound were examined using a UV-vis spectrophotometer. The findings of the AFM study showed the atoms on the surface that are acclimatized in the form of nanorods with an increase in the average grain size from 62.72 to 79.17 nm. The results also showed an improvement in the average surface roughness from 5.69 to 12.8 nm when copper concentration increased from 0.03 to 0.09 M. The UV-vis results showed that the optical transmittance of CCSS decreases by increasing the solution molarity of copper, with a change in the absorption edge toward the low energy side (redshift). With an increase in the wavelength between 725 and 960 nm, a low absorption coefficient was found in the infrared region, while a strong absorption coefficient in the visible range was observed with the increase in copper solution molarity. The energy gap values decreased from 1.6 to 1.47 eV when copper solution molarity increased from 0.03 to 0.09 M. By raising copper solution molarity to 0.09 M, the refractive index at the absorption edge was increased from 1.6 to 1.97, while the extinction coefficient reduced.

Removal of heavy metal ion from synthetic wastewater using spent tea waste powder

The current work centres around on the expulsion of toxic heavy metals from mechanical effluents through the cycle of adsorption. This traditional approach is expensive, henceforth the utilization of ease, bountiful naturally neighbourly bio sorbents must be utilized. Adsorption conduct of copper and lead from waste water has been researched in this paper utilizing adsorbent like used tea powder waste. Copper and lead are profoundly harmful metal particles and considered as the need contamination delivered from different chemical ventures electroplating, blending exercises, smelting, battery manufacture etc. The effluents have been unnecessarily delivered into the climate because of expeditious industrialization and have made a worldwide concern. Hence, they should be taken out before release. In current paper, the trial results did in batch adsorption measure utilizing the treated waste tea powder with engineered test arranged in the test center were tried and introduced. The different boundaries, for example, solution’s pH, initial metal ion concentration, temperature and adsorbent dosage on the adsorption of Cu and Pb were considered. The greatest evacuation of Copper was above (at pH 5) 90% was observed using used tea waste powder at 100 ppm Copper solution. The removal of lead was above 85% (at pH 5) was respectively observed at the same operating conditions.

Effect of Pre-Treatment with Sodium Chloride/Sulfuric Acid on the Bornite Concentrate Leaching in Chloride Medium

In this work, the effect of the pre-treatment of bornite concentrate with a sodium chloride–sulfuric acid mixture prior to leaching with chloride solutions was evaluated. The influence of the dosage of NaCl and the resting time in the copper solution was evaluated. The solid residues of the pre-treatment were characterized by XRD to evaluate the changes that took place in the bornite. The experimental results show that as the sitting time and the amount of sodium chloride added are increased, the dissolution of the sulfide species also increased. The pre-treatment affects Cu preferentially because it has greater mobility than iron in the bornite crystal lattice. The pre-treatment promotes the formation of soluble Cu and Fe species. The efficiency of the pre-treatment depends largely on the formation of hydrochloric acid in the mixture at the particle level, due to the ease with which it diffuses through the bornite particles, achieving greater penetration of the pre-treatment.

Determination of Adsorption Capacity of Copper II Sulphate on Kaolin

Copper II sulphate is one of those contaminants that undermine the economic, environment and deleterious health effects on people. Kaolin sample from Illela local government of Sokoto state, Nigeria was used as adsorbent for removal of Copper II sulphate and to check for the effect of concentration. The collected kaolin sample was pretreated to remove debris, grinded and dried. The adsorption methods of the parameters onto the kaolin were investigated by maintaining constant amount of adsorbent, temperature and other factors except for concentration. The results from different concentrations shows that with increase in concentration of the copper solution, the more the kaolin adsorbed. From the findings, it was established that kaolin form Illela local government of Sokoto state, Nigeria can serve as an economic, safe and effective natural adsorbent for removal of copper II sulphate from wastewater.