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Research Article

Sorption desorption behaviour of Imidacloprid in agricultural soils of Deccan plateau of Southern India: kinetics and thermodynamic analysis

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Received 27 Feb 2023, Accepted 07 Apr 2023, Published online: 02 May 2023
 

ABSTRACT

Soil sorption has a significant impact on the fate and behaviour of agrochemicals in soil and water. The current study attempts to investigate the sorption desorption behaviour of Imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, in three different types of black cotton soils (BC-1, BC-2, BC-3) and red soil (RS) of Southern India using batch equilibrium technique under two different temperature conditions (273/300K). The data revealed that the Freundlich model provided the best explanation for the observed adsorption isotherms. BC-2 soil had higher adsorption coefficient (Kf) value, followed by BC-3, BC-1, and RS. Clay content, cation exchange capacity (CEC) and specific surface area (SSA) all had a positive correlation with Kf value, indicating that they are responsible for Imidacloprid adsorption in the soil. The change in enthalpy (ΔH°) value was found to be negative in all of the investigated soils, indicating that the sorption process was spontaneous and exothermic, and that hydrogen bonding may be responsible for sorption. The low value of Kf and organic carbon partition coefficient (Koc) indicates that Imidacloprid is mobile in black cotton and red soils and has potential to contaminate groundwater resources.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Dr. M Raja Vishwanathan, Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Science, National Institute of technology, Warangal for proofreading the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Authorship contribution statement

Prasanta Majee: Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft. P Hari Prasad Reddy: Supervision, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Data availability statement

Not applicable, the authors declare that the relevant data supporting the findings of the study are available within the article itself.

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Funding

The authors reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.

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