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Minerals, Metals and Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 May 2022) | Viewed by 3184

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Chih-Chun Hsieh

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City 106335, Taiwan
Interests: welding metallurgy; welding technology; dissimilar welding; steels; metals; heat treatment; metallography; physical metallurgy; materials science and engineering; diffusion; rolling
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Prof. Dr. Jun-Yen Uan

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City 40227, Taiwan
Interests: ecomaterials; environment-friendly surface treatment for magnesium alloys; new technology of magnesium alloy from environmental protection
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Prof. Dr. Meng-Chang Lin

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College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Interests: metal-ion batteries; light metals or metal recycling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Minerals and metals can be found all around us, not just in industrial applications but also in everyday life. Minerals and metals also play a central role in the global economy and are expected to continue to provide the raw material we need for industrial processes and daily use.

The topic of this Special Issue of Sustainability is “Minerals, Metals and Sustainability”. The field of minerals, metals, and sustainability examines the exploitation of minerals and mineral products and the implications for sustainability of the consumption of finite mineral resources and wastes associated with their production and use, representing an important topic for researchers of engineering and applied science and geology. Many minerals and metals can be recycled using various processes and repurposed to meet different environmental needs. We welcome authors to submit research and review papers to this Special Issue. Of particular interest are original and/or review papers addressing (but not limited to) the following topics related to sustainability:

  • — New technology of minerals and metals and environmental protection;
  • — Research and development of reusing minerals and metals;
  • — Minerals industry and sustainable development;
  • — Recycling and return rates for minerals and materials;
  • — Reducing and eliminating wastes of minerals and metals;
  • — Sustainable minerals and metals for saving energy of low carbon uses.

Prof. Dr. Chih-Chun Hsieh
Prof. Dr. Jun-Yen Uan
Prof. Dr. Meng-Chang Lin
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • recycling minerals
  • recycling metals
  • sustainable minerals
  • sustainable metals

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One-Step Fabrication of Amino-Functionalized Fe3O4@SiO2 Core-Shell Magnetic Nanoparticles as a Potential Novel Platform for Removal of Cadmium (II) from Aqueous Solution
by Deivasigamani Prabu, Ponnusamy Senthil Kumar, Sravya Indraganti, Sundararaman Sathish, Jagadeesan Aravind Kumar and Kabali Vijai Anand
Sustainability 2022, 14(4), 2290; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14042290 - 17 Feb 2022
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Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2 core-shell magnetic nanoparticles were developed by a rapid one-step precipitation route followed by reverse microemulsion and amine functionalization. In this study, an Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2 nanoparticle was used to evaluate [...] Read more.
Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2 core-shell magnetic nanoparticles were developed by a rapid one-step precipitation route followed by reverse microemulsion and amine functionalization. In this study, an Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2 nanoparticle was used to evaluate its adsorption efficiency for the treatment of a synthetic solution of Cd(II) ion. The structural and physicochemical properties of Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2 nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, SEM-EDAX, TEM, FTIR and TGA. From the TEM analysis, the morphology of Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2 was found as 100–300 nm. In TGA, the first weight loss was noticed between 373 and 573 K, the second was between 673 and 773 K and the final weight loss took place above 773 K. Batch experimental tests, such as pH, dosage of Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2, Cd(II) ion concentration, temperature as well as interaction time, were conducted and evaluated. Experimental study data were used for the non-linear forms exhibited by isotherms and kinetics of the sorption procedure. The equilibrium adsorption observations were adequately combined with pseudo-first-order kinetics as well as Freundlich isotherm. Monolayer maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 40.02 mg/g, recorded at pH 6 with an interaction time of 30 min, temperature of 303 K and sorbent dose of 2.0 g/L. The thermodynamic study indicated that the adsorption process was an exothermic, spontaneous reaction (−∆oo = −15.46–7.81 (kJ/mol)). The as-synthesized sorbent had excellent recyclability, and its adsorption efficiency was maintained after five cycles of reuse. The findings of the study exhibited the magnetic Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2-nanoparticle as an alternative effective adsorbent in eradicating Cd(II) ions from aqueous solution. Full article
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