Abstract

Due to increasing population and industrial development, share of overall water usage in the world is rising
day by day. Some of the heavy metal releasing industries are Printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers,
Leather processing industries, Pesticide manufacturing industries, Agrochemicals, Paint industries etc. heavy
metals are toxic to human health and may cause diarrhea, liver damage, insomnia etc. The aim of this paper is
to study the nanofiber membrane mats properties for heavy metal separation from water applications .This
research work focuses on preparation of nylon 6 nanocomposite nanofibre mats with 2 and 20% Multiwalled
Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT).The Electro spun Nylon 6/CNT nanofiber mats are characterized for thermal,
mechanical, XRD and morphological properties.