The College of Education for Pure Sciences, Samarra University discussed a master dissertation on the treatment of some drug poisonings using a nanocomposite by the postgraduate student, Ms. Tayes Fattah Abdul Rahman.

The dissertation aimed at preparing nano-activated charcoal from an inexpensive raw material, the remains of La Niña tree branches. 

The dissertation highlighted analyzing some of the physical and chemical properties of activated charcoal, study the feasibility of eliminating narcotic substances in a short time, or treating drug poisoning using simple and lower-cost methods, as well as characterizing the surface of the prepared activated charcoal using various techniques (IR, XRD, AFM, SEM, EDX), and study the adsorption efficiency and kinetics of some narcotic drugs on the prepared activated charcoal.

The dissertation reviewed that the prepared coal particles contained a moisture percentage of (8%), while the ash amounted to (2.4%), the density of the prepared coal was (30.558 g/cm), and the acid function was (6.8), and that the (FT-IR) spectrum of the coal was chemically inert and did not contain any active group, as well as the (XRD) spectrum of the prepared coal was within the nano size, as the size of the particles is less than (100 nm), and that these particles have a high surface area.