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Iron Oxide-Chitosan-Based Nanocomposite for Efficient Fluoride Removal From Drinking Water

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The current study focuses on synthesizing and characterizing iron oxide-based nanoparticles (D-Fe3O4-NPs) using leave extract of Duranta erecta and iron oxide-chitosan-based nanocomposites (D-Fe3O4-NC). After successfully fabricating D-Fe3O4-NC, it is used for the adsorptive removal of fluoride ions (F−) from water. The characterization study indicated that rough, porous, crystalline, and nanostructure, along with various functional groups of the chitosan, which entrapped the D-Fe3O4-NPs in D-Fe3O4-NC and proved its possibility to be effective adsorbents for the quantitative elimination of F− ions. The batch experimental adsorption study indicated that the quantitative removal of F− was achieved at pH (7), initial concentration of metal ions (10 mg L−1), the content of D-Fe3O4-NC (50 mg), contact time (30 min), and temperature (30 °C). The D-Fe3O4-NC provided 8.82 mM g−1 quantitative F− adsorption capacity. The D-Fe3O4-NC demonstrated a remarkable following the pseudo-second-order kinetics for successfully removing F− through a monolayer adsorption process following the Langmuir isotherms model. The findings of the thermodynamic study revealed that the D-Fe3O4-NC followed the exothermic and spontaneous adsorption process for the adsorption of F−. Furthermore, D-Fe3O4-NC can easily be used several times after washing with diluted HNO3 for the adsorptive removal of F−. Moreover, the F− is quantitatively adsorbed (> 90%) from the collected drinking water samples.

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The National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, and the High Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan, for project grants under project No. 8147/Sindh/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2017 and partial financial assistance of the current study, respectively, are gratefully acknowledged by all authors. The authors also acknowledged the Young Welfare Society Sindh for helping to gather drinking water samples from various parts of Jamshoro and Hyderabad districts.

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  1. Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, 76080, Pakistan

    Suraya Samejo, Jameel Ahmed Baig, Tasneem Gul Kazi, Hassan Imran Afridi, Saima Perveen, Khalil Akhtar & Shakoor Ahmed Solangi

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Jameel Ahmed Baig

  3. NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

    Muhammad Umer Frooq

  4. Dr. M.A Kazi Institute of Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro University of Sindh, Jamshoro, 76080, Pakistan

    Fahad Abbasi

  5. Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    Sajjad Hussain

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Samejo, S., Baig, J.A., Kazi, T.G. et al. Iron Oxide-Chitosan-Based Nanocomposite for Efficient Fluoride Removal From Drinking Water. Water Air Soil Pollut 235, 184 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-024-06988-8

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