Preparation of Three Modified Natural Zeolite Powders and Antibacterial Properties of Antibacterial Paper Prepared Using them as Fillers

Abstract:

Natural zeolite powders, 600 meshes in size, were pretreated with three strong acids , then reacted with sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, sodium nitrate, respectively, and yielded sodium zeolite. The samples were loaded Ag⁺+Zn²⁺, Ag⁺+Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺+Cu²⁺, and Ag⁺+Cu²⁺+Zn²⁺ ions through ion exchange to prepare the antibacterial zeolite powders. The powders were tested by MIC, SEM/EDXA and XRD. The results demonstrated that the pretreatment of zeolite powder with nitric acid could achieve a larger loading amount of metal ions compared to hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, and the samples loaded with Ag⁺+Zn²⁺, Ag⁺+Cu²⁺,Ag⁺+Cu²⁺+Zn²⁺ could attain excellent antibacterial properties with an MIC of 8 μg/ml to S. aureus Adding 5% of the aforementioned antibacterial zeolite powders to paper as filler resulted in an impressive antibacterial effect against S. aureus, as the inhibitory rate could reach to almost 100% in 1 h.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 852)
• Pages: 1227-1233
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.852.1227
• Online since: April 2016
• Authors: Lin Yuan, Xue Ren Qian
• Keywords: Antibacterial Paper, Antimicrobial Properties, Metal Ion Exchange, Zeolite Powder

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