Table 2.

Comparison of the chitosan/magnetite and magnetite element composition

Chitosan/magnetite composite			Magnetite
Element	Wt., %	At., %	Element	Wt., %	At., %
CHN analysis
C	2.28	–	C	–	–
N	0.52	–	N	–	–
H	0.45	–	H	–	–
EDAX of material surface
C	15.33		C	8.73	19.09
Fe	27.71	9.49	Fe	56.31	26.49
O	52.99	63.33	O	31.79	52.19