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Removal of DDT, DDD, and DDE from washing extracts of contaminated soil using polyaniline/bagasse composite material
Hop Quang Nguyen1, Bach Xuan Nguyen1, Thien Quang Tran2
1Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi Pedagogical University 2 (HPU2), Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.
Abstract:
Polyaniline (PANi) was hybridized with a bagasse (BG) substrate to treat Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane compounds, which are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) causing environmental contamination. The PANi/bagasse (PA/BG) composite was synthesized using ammonium persulfate and sulfuric acid, achieving efficiencies ranging from 82.63% to 86.92% with different ratios of PANi monomer to BG. Infrared spectroscopy (IR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the synthesized materials. The adsorption capacities of DDT, DDD, and DDE compounds were investigated under various conditions, including adsorbent type, adsorption time, adsorbent dosage, and adsorbate concentration. Both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were applied to evaluate the adsorption process, and the results indicated that both models were suitable for describing the adsorption of DDT, DDD, and DDE by the PANi/bagasse composite material.
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