Syeda Noor Ul Ain, Muhammad Saqib Khan, Nadia Riaz, Ajmal Khan, Amna Sarwar, Asaad Khalid, Afnan Jan, Qaisar Mahmood, Ahmed Al-Harrasi
This study assessed the efficacy of adsorption for eliminating the agricultural pesticide cypermethrin (CP) from wastewater using various adsorbents: silica, malachite, and magnetite. Magnetic nanocomposites (NCs) (with varying amounts of Fe3 O4 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 wt/wt %) were synthesized, including Fe3 O4 nanoparticles (NPs), bicomposites, and tricomposites, calcined at 300 and 500 °C, and then tested for CP removal. The study was conducted in two phases, with the objective of initially assessing how effectively each individual NP performed and then evaluating how effectively the NCs performed when used for the adsorption of CP...
March 26, 2024: ACS Omega