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Adsorption of organophosphorus malathion pesticide from aqueous solutions using nano-polypropylene-titanium dioxide composite: Equilibrium, kinetics and Optimization studies

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Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the applicability of the adsorption process of a persistent organophosphorus pesticide (malathion) from aqueous solutions by using titanium dioxide- polypropylene nanocomposite (Nano-PP/TiO2).

Methods

The structure of Nano-PP/TiO2 was specified by field emission scanning electron microscopes (FE-SEM), fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), brunauer-emmett-teller (BET), and transmission electron microscope (TEM) technologies. Response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to optimize the adsorption of malathion onto Nano-PP/TiO2 and investigates the effects of various experimental parameters including contact time (5-60 min), adsorbent dose (0.5-4 g/l) and initial malathion concentration (5-20000 mg/l). Extraction and analysis of malathion were performed by dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) coupled with a gas chromatography, coupled with flame ionization detector (GC/FID).

Results

The isotherms obtained for Nano-PP/TiO2 revealed that it was a mesoporous material with a total pore volume of 2.06 cm3/g, average pore diameters of 2.48 nm and a surface area of 51.52 m2/g. The obtained results showed that the Langmuir type 2 was the best-fitted model for delegating the equilibrium data of isotherm studies with adsorption capacity of 7.43 mg/g, and pseudo-second-order type 1 for kinetic model. The optimized conditions to achieve the maximum removal (96%) were at a malathion concentration of 7.13 mg/L, contact time of 52 min and adsorbent dose of 0.5 g/L.

Conclusion

Due to its efficient and appropriate function in adsorbing malathion from aqueous solutions, it was revealed that Nano-PP/TiO2 can be used as an effective adsorbent as well as in further studies.

Highlights

• Novel application of polypropylene and titanium dioxide nanocomposite, Nano-PP/TiO2.

• Removal of organophosphorus malathion using Nano-PP/TiO2.

• Optimizing the process conditions for adsorption of malathion from aqueous based on the response surface model

•Identifying monolayer adsorption of malathion onto Nano-PP/Tio2 surfaces

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Authors would like to thank Qazvin University of Medical Sciences for providing the technical and financial support.

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  1. Atlas Ab Gostar-E-Sarina Company, Biomedical Technology Incubator Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

    Mehrnoosh Gholami

  2. Reference Laboratory, School of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

    Zohre Mosakhani

  3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

    Asma Barazandeh

  4. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

    Hamid Karyab

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Gholami, M., Mosakhani, Z., Barazandeh, A. et al. Adsorption of organophosphorus malathion pesticide from aqueous solutions using nano-polypropylene-titanium dioxide composite: Equilibrium, kinetics and Optimization studies. J Environ Health Sci Engineer 21, 35–45 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40201-022-00826-x

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