Publications by authors named "Rafal Olchowski"

The pristine CMK-3 carbon was ozonized and then chemically modified by the Zr and Fe compounds. The synthesized carbonaceous materials were characterized with physicochemical methods. The obtained carbons had a high specific surface area (ca.

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  • Fluorine is both essential and potentially toxic to humans and animals, necessitating reliable detection methods in animal feed.
  • The study measured fluorine using a fluoride-selective electrode (ISE) and a new high-resolution spectrometry method, facing challenges like chemical interferences and reagent contamination.
  • Results from both methods were consistent, confirming accuracy in measuring fluorine in its fluoride form, with findings indicating that fluoride levels in most samples were below established safety thresholds.
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Newly synthesized cerium oxide was successfully obtained by the hard templating route. The optimal As(III) and As(V) adsorption onto the studied adsorbent was reached for the initial pH of 4.0 and a contact time of 10 h.

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Novel CO- and HPO-modified biochars were successfully synthesized from raw honeycomb biomass. They were characterized via several instrumental techniques. The optimal Pt(II) and Pt(IV) adsorption onto the studied biochars was reached for the initial pH of 1.

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This paper describes a novel electrode material, diclofenac-impregnated mesoporous carbon modified with a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (DF-CMK-3/CTAB), for ultratrace analysis of the arsenic drug roxarsone (ROX). DF-CMK-3 amorphous carbon is a material with a high specific surface area and well-defined, hexagonally ordered, thin mesopores. The functional groups attached to the carbonaceous surface, such as chromene and pyron-like oxygen groups, lactam, and aromatic carbon rings, have the basic character and they can donate electrons.

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Raspberry stalks-derived biochar (BC), magnetic biochar-iron oxide composite (BC-Fe) and its derivative modified with urea (BC-Fe-U) were synthesized, characterized and tested as(V) and Cr(VI) ion sorbents. The surface area of BC, BC-Fe and BC-Fe-U was 259, 163 and 117 m g, respectively. The structure of BC was dominated by micropores, while in BC-Fe and BC-Fe-U mesopores predominated.

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In this paper, a dicyandiamide-impregnated mesoporous carbon (N-CMK-3), electrochemically modified in situ with lead film (Pb-N-CMK-3), was tested as an electrode material for U(VI) ultratrace determination. The prepared carbon material was characterized by XRD, SEM-EDX, Raman, FT-IR, XPS analysis and nitrogen sorption measurements. The changes of electrochemical properties of glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) after the N-CMK-3 and Pb-N-CMK-3 modification were studied using CV and EIS methods.

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Ordered mesoporous carbon (CMK-3), obtained from an abundant natural source, sugar, was thermochemically modified with dicyandiamide and thiourea as well as by classical oxidization with hydrogen peroxide to introduce specific surface groups. Thermochemical modifications resulted in carbon with almost unchanged porosity and altered surface chemistry while porosity of HO-treated carbon was seriously deteriorated. The obtained carbons were tested as sorbents of diclofenac, considered as one of the emerging water contaminants.

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A gold(III)-imprinted thiocyanato-functionalized silica network of type SBA-15 was prepared by co-condensation of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) with thiocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane (TCTES) in the presence of Pluronic123 and Au(III) ions. Compared to the non-imprinted material, the imprint has a higher selectivity and adsorption capacity for Au(III). The maximum static adsorption capacity for Au(III) is 475 mg·g for the ion-imprinted, and 62 mg·g for the non-imprinted sorbent.

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