The electrospun iron(III) oxide nanofibers from Proffesor Cwiertny’s lab will be a critical component to the joint effort of arsenic (As3+) adsorption in Professor Larsen’s lab. Iron(III) oxide nanofibers are synthesized within the Cwiertny lab via electrospinner. The process requires a sol-gel to pump through a needle with applied voltage in order to create a jet that forms the fibers from the sol-gel. Surface area of both parent material (iron(III) oxide nanofibers) and silica coated nanofibers (ESFe2O3) will be measured using BET in order to compare initial and final product. Such measurement and synthesis of ESFe2O3 will take place in the Larsen lab, as well as quantifying As3+ via ICP/OES."