An investigation of heavy metal adsorption by hexa-dentate ligand-modified magnetic nanocomposites

Advancement of an efficient and cost-effective method for heavy metal removal from contaminated water utilising Fe3O4-APTES-EDTA (FAE) nanocomposite, a productive reusable adsorbent, is explained in this study. The novel FAE nanocomposite was prepared and characterised using different techniques such as FTIR, XRD, TEM, EDS, BET, TGA, EDX and Zeta potential techniques. FAE is found to be a good adsorbent for Pb2+, Cd2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and Cu2+ removal with a higher adsorption capacity. The maximum adsorption capacity of Pb2+, Cd2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and Cu2+ are found to be 11.31, 13.88, 7.64, 4.86 and 78.67mg/g, respectively. The adsorption and desorption cycle was studied for five cycles with minimal loss of efficiency.