Shaik Imran Vali, U. Sirisha, V. Poiba
Feb 19, 2021
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Materials Today: Proceedings
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Abstract Dicofol is an agricultural insecticide consisting of organochlorine acaricide and is structurally similar to DDT, but contains a central hydroxyl group that allows more rapid environmental and metabolic removal. It has been used in agriculture since the late 1980’s. Products containing dicofol have been registered for broad spectrum contact, non-systemic control of plant eating mites in cotton tea and a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops. Dicofol is moderately toxic to humans and may be absorbed through ingestion, inhalation or skin contact. It is also highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Several methods were used to remove the dicofol concentration from waste water such as, adsorption, absorption, solvent extraction, etc. The present work is concentrated on the removal of dicofol from synthetic dicofol solution using adsorption. The adsorbent used in the work is Titanium doped activated carbon nano particles (Ti-AC np). The experimentation is carried out and the optimum conditions for the removal of dicofol are found as contact time of 89.12, initial concentration of 90.56, pH of 97.56, rpm at 97.88 and at a temperature of 318 K. The final removal percentage obtained under optimum conditions is 97.3%. Further, the adsorption kinetics and thermodynamic studies are also discussed.