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Low-cost process for synthesis of sorbents from ilmenite ores in Abu Ghalaga, Egypt and their uses in biological activity

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Microbiology and its applications

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Ilmenite ores have been extensively studied for biological activity, especially antibacterial and antifungal activities. Herein, we report a green approach to fabricating Fe-O/Ti-O composite from ilmenite ore. The composite was synthesized by a one-step reaction of ilmenite at 900°C in 2 h, the raw composite was, then, ground by a ball-milled process in 4 h to obtain the final produced composite. The obtained composite was characterized using a UV/Vis spectrophotometer, energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The weight percentages of the main elements in the ilmenite matrix was carbon (9.5%), oxygen (39.3%), titanium (15.1%), iron (24.0%), terbium (4.7%), molybdenum (2.6%), magnesium (1.8%), silicon (1.7%), and aluminium (1.3%). Several peaks were observed in the FTIR spectrum at 1086, 1009, 547, and 436 cm-1 which characterize the matrix of Ti-O and Fe-OAlso, the energy band gap was determined giving 3.52 eV. The produced composite was tested against different microbes using the agar well diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) tests. It revealed good antimicrobial action against both Gram-positive (inhibition zone = 16 mm, MIC = 150 µg/ml) and Gram-negative bacteria (inhibition zone = 12 mm, MIC = 175 µg/ml) as well as fungi (Inhibition zone = 10 mm, MIC = 225 µg/ml). The obtained results are very promising for using the Ti-O/Fe-O composite as a strong antimicrobial agent in different industrial and pharmaceutical applications.

DOI

10.21608/sjdfs.2023.201599.1095

Keywords

Ilmenite, low-cost process, Ti-O, Fe-O, Antimicrobial

Authors

First Name

Hoda

Last Name

Saad

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt

Email

hodaragab@hotmail.com

City

New Damietta

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First Name

ElHossein

Last Name

Moawed

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Egypt

Email

eamoawed@yahoo.com

City

New Damietta-Egypt

Orcid

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First Name

Rokaya

Last Name

Elafndi

MiddleName

K.

Affiliation

Chemistry Department, Faulty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt

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r.elafndi97@gmail.com

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-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El-Zahed

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt.

Email

mohamed.marzouq91@du.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0003-2694-3720

Volume

13

Article Issue

1

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42094

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-03-25

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

114

Page End

120

Print ISSN

2314-8594

Online ISSN

2314-8616

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https://sjdfs.journals.ekb.eg/article_299588.html

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2,045

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Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science

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https://sjdfs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Low-cost process for synthesis of sorbents from ilmenite ores in Abu Ghalaga, Egypt and their uses in biological activity

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28 Dec 2024