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Nano Research & Applications
ISSN 2471-9838
E u r o S c i C o n C o n f e r e n c e o n
Nanotechnology &
Smart Materials
O c t o b e r 0 4 - 0 6 , 2 0 1 8
Am s t e r d a m , N e t h e r l a n d s
Nanotechnology & Smart Materials 2018
Nanofiber based water filter cartridge
Naman H Barot, Harishchandra A Sonawane, Charudatta R
Prayag and T Gangopodhyay
Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA), India
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olyamide 6 nanofibers are prepared by free surface electro spinning process in which a cylinder or wire electrode partially
immersed in a polymer solution. A thin web layer of polymer is deposited over substrate fabric i.e. melt-blown polypropylene.
Additional padding of spun-bond polypropylene coated with low molecular chitosan and nanoparticles is given as protective layer
for the nanofibers and as heavy metal removal agent. Surface morphology of deposited nanofibers was determined with the use
of a scanning electron microscope. The results show that this nanoweb is capable of removing all the suspended particles from
the contaminated water samples. The turbidity test measurement shows that the turbidity limit of filtered water was well within
acceptable limit of 1 NTU and below the permissible limit of 5 NTU in absence of any alternative source, which is as per the Indian
Standard IS 10500:2012. Filtered water showed excellent results of turbidity removal. Bacteriological water analysis carried out
to evaluate bacterial removing efficiency. The filter water was subjected to test the heavy metal removal by atomic absorption
spectroscopy shows effective removal of chromium, cadmium, lead, arsenic and iron.
namanbarot1@gmail.comNano Res Appl Volume:4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C6-025