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Hematite Core Nanoparticles with Carbon Shell: Potential for Environmentally Friendly Production from Iron Mining Sludge

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Hematite nanoparticles with amorphous, yet relatively uniform carbon shell, were produced based exclusively on the waste sludge from the iron mine as the raw material. The procedure for acid digestion-based purification of the sludge with the full recovery of acid vapors and the remaining non-toxic rubble is described. Synthesis of the hematite nanoparticles was performed by the arrested precipitation method with cationic surfactant. The particles were thoroughly characterized and the potential of their economical production for the battery industry is indicated.

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Authors thank the Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of Srpska (Grant Number: 19/6-020/966-90/15). The work is also supported by the ArcelorMittal Prijedor through the field safety education and the permission for scientific work inside the company’s mine. The research is performed under the frame of the Memorandum of understanding signed between Shinshu University and University of Banja Luka in 2015.

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  1. Faculty of Technology, University of Banja Luka, Vojvode Stepe Stepanovića 73, 78000, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Dragana Stević & Suzana Gotovac Atlagić

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka, Petra Bojovića 1A, 78000, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Dijana Mihajlović

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan

    Radovan Kukobat

  4. Center for Energy and Environmental Science, Shinshu University, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan

    Radovan Kukobat & Katsumi Kaneko

  5. Division of Chemistry and Materials, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda, 386-8567, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Hattori & Kento Sagisaka

  6. Faculty of Sciences, University of Banja Luka, Mladena Stojanovića 2, 78000, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Suzana Gotovac Atlagić

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This article is an invited submission to JMEP selected from presentations at the Symposium “Metal-Matrix Composites,” belonging to the topic “Composite and Hybrid Materials” at the European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT 2015), held September 20-24, 2015, in Warsaw, Poland, and has been expanded from the original presentation.

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Stević, D., Mihajlović, D., Kukobat, R. et al. Hematite Core Nanoparticles with Carbon Shell: Potential for Environmentally Friendly Production from Iron Mining Sludge. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 25, 3121–3127 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-1964-0

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