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  • Master Thesis
    Co-ni Separation In Ix-sx Circuit
    (2023) Ceyhan, Ayşe Merve; Polat, Mehmet
    Eti Gübre stands out as the sole facility capable of reclaiming multiple metals from chalcopyrite flotation tails in Turkey. While the overall performance of the process has been deemed satisfactory, the cobalt and nickel products have yet to meet commodity standards. The objective of this project is to ascertain the feasibility of using a series of hydrometallurgical techniques, namely, solvent extraction and ion exchange resin technologies, for attaining premium-quality cobalt and nickel products from a compound comprising cobalt, nickel, and other assorted elements. Extracting cobalt and nickel selectively from impurities, reaching over 95% recovery in a solution containing various elements and steep concentration differences, presents a considerable challenge. Moreover, accomplishing this within an already operational process adds another layer of complexity, demanding alignment with the existing process's stability. The strategy involved selectively separating and refining cobalt and nickel from the sulfate solution through solvent extraction (SX) methods and employing the Ion Exchange (IX) method for further purification.
  • Master Thesis
    Solid Phase Extraction of Ascorbic Acid With Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021) Yıldız, Cemre; Eroğlu, Ahmet Emin
    Vitamin C (ascorbic acid, AA) is an essential food for humans. It is a watersoluble vitamin found naturally in some foods. With its reducing and chelating capabilities, ascorbic acid is the most effective enhancer of non-heme iron absorption. Sensitive and selective determination of ascorbic acid is necessary in a variety of samples. In this study, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were synthesized by polymerization strategies and magnetic imprinting technology. Four different synthesis routes were employed, and the magnetic property of the MIPs was brought in with the use of nanosized zero-valent iron (nZVI). Nano zero-valent iron was synthesized using NaBH4 reduction of aqueous Fe+2 ions and used in the solid phase extraction of ascorbic acid prior to HPLC determination. The sorption percentage of the sorbent increased with icreasing pH and reached its maximum level between pH 6.0 and 8.0. Iron oxidation occurs very slowly if the pH is less than 6.0. As a result, when pH 8.0 and higher were tested, there was no effect. The precipitation of iron at pH 8.0 and above could have caused this. The pH level was fixed to 6.0, and the rest of the studies were carried out at this level. The optimal sorbent concentration, solvent concentration, and shaking time were determined to be 10.0 mg, 10.0 mL, and 1 hour, respectively. MeOH and MeOH: H2O, 85:15, were used to achieve desorption (pH of the eluent was adjusted to 3.0 using acetic acid). Finally, the characterization of synthesized nanosized zero-valent iron and magnetic MIP/NIP was carried out through the sorption studies and with the use of XRD, SEM and EDX.
  • Master Thesis
    Preparati̇on of Fe and Fe-Ni Based Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Solid Phase Extraction of Salicylic Acid
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021) Bildik, Zeynep; Eroğlu, Ahmet Emin
    Aspirin is the most preferred pain reliever among the people. Salicylic acid (SA) is the drug active ingredient of aspirin and has an antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is also used in the treatment of acne, fungus, varicose veins, and calluses. The aim of this project is to prepare Fe and Fe-Ni based molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for solid phase extraction of salicylic acid and then determine it with HPLC-DAD. MIPs were prepared by using methanol as porogen, 4- vinyl pyridine as monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate cross linker and the analyte, salicylic acid, as the template. Fe and Fe-Ni is used to prevent the hydroxyl and carboxyl groups in the structure of salicylic acid from forming hydrogen bonds between themselves. In this study, a magnetic molecular imprinting solid phase extraction (MMISPE) methodology was proposed for determination of salicylic acid to HPLC-DAD analysis. For this goal, critical experimental parameters of MMISPE method were optimized and determined as follows; sorbent amount of 25.0 mg for 10.0 mL of 5.0 mgL-1 working solution, sorption time of 30 min and MeOH: Acetic acid (9:1) as desorption solvent. The proposed method was repeated with same sorbent and MIPs show quantitative sorption in three times. For characterization of MIPs and NIPs, EDX and XRD analysis was done. In XRD diffractogram, the peaks are relatively low intensities indicate that the material is mostly amorphous. Also, Fe and Ni peak cannot observe because of the trace amount of Fe and Ni in the polymer in the EDX graph.
  • Master Thesis
    Extraction of Oleuropein From Olive Leaves
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020) Gümüşbulut, Gülin; Yüksel Özşen, Aslı; Yüksel Özşen, Aslı
    The aim of this study is to obtain oleuropein, which is the main phenolic compound content of olive leaf by soxhlet extraction. Oleuropein has been known in the health field for a long time and is found in high rates in our country. In this context, the effect of various solvent types (ethanol, methanol, acetonitrile and water), extraction time (4 cycles, 4 hours, 8 hours), particle size (250-500 µm and 900-2000 µm) and the pre-treatment applied to the olive leaf on the yield of oleuropein was investigated. The amount of oleuropein in the liquid product was determined using a High Performance Liquid Chromatogram (HPLC). When the grain size of the raw material to be used in extraction was reduced, higher oleuropein was obtained. The use of solvents in an aqueous form resulted in a higher amount of oleuropein compared to pure solvents. Increasing the extraction time caused a significant increase in the amount of oleuropein. On the contrary, it was observed that the pretreatment applied to olive leaves caused a decrease in the yield of oleuropein. As a result of these findings, the highest oleuropein amount and extraction efficiency were obtained after 8 hours of extraction period by using olive leaf with 250-500 μm grain size and 80% methanol solution as the solvent. The highest oleuropein amount was found to be 13.35 oleuropein mg/g dry leaves and the highest extraction efficiency under these conditions was found to be 36 %.