Green Synthesis of Iron Oxide from Lathe Waste Using Green Tea Leaves (<i>C</i><i>amellia</i><i> s</i><i>inensis</i>) Extract by Temperature Variations of Synthesis

Abstract

Iron oxide was produced from lathe waste using green tea leaf extracts. Green tea leaves contain catechins, has been produced as a possible reducing, precipitating, stabilizing, and capping agent. Another advantage of applying green tea leaves to synthesize iron oxide is reducing toxicity. Various temperatures of synthesis utilizing the precipitation method proved successful in the formation of hematite. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) were used to characterize the synthesis product. According to the XRD results, the magnetite transition phase was obtained after precipitation, while hematite formed after calcination. The crystallite sizes were 50.5 nm, 45.4 nm, and 39 nm, respectively. According to FTIR identification, the iron oxide was generated before and after calcination in the presence of a specific Fe-O group at the wavenumbers 553 cm-1 and 451 cm-1. The SEM results revealed that the particle size ranges from 4.61 nm – 20.74 nm, and the shape was not uniform, and aggregation.