Meysam Sadeghi - Department of Chemistry, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
Pourya Zarshenas - Faculty of Chemistry & Petroleum Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Iran
Mohammad Mahmoudi Alemi - Department of Chemistry, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
Maryam Gholami - Department of Chemistry, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

The aim of present research is to evaluate the decontamination of nerve agent sarin simulant dimethyl methyl phosphonate (DMMP) in water media using the CuO/ZnFe۲O۴/NaA zeolite as a novel ternary nanocomposite adsorbent. In this regard, the CuO and ZnFe۲O۴ nanoparticles were successfully synthesized within the NaA zeolite applying the ultrasound-assisted hydrothermal route and characterized via XRD, FESEM, FTIR, EDAX, VSM and BET analyses. Then, the CuO/ZnFe۲O۴/NaA nanocomposite activity was investigated for the decontamination of DMMP molecule and monitored by a GC-FID and GC-MS analyses. Plus, the impacts of several parameters, including contact time, adsorbent dose and adsorbent type on the decontamination of DMMP were studied. The gained data from GC-FID analysis confirmed the maximum decontamination more than ۹۸.۴% for DMMP. The parameters including: adsorbent amount of ۵۰ mg and contact time of ۴۰ min were achieved as the optimized values for the decontamination reaction. In addition, the non-toxic methyl phosphoric acid (MPA) as the DMMP degradation product in the presence of CuO/ZnFe۲O۴/NaA adsorbent was characterized.

CuO/ZnFe۲O۴/NaA, zeolite, nerve agent sarin simulant, decontamination, dimethyl methyl phosphonate (DMMP), methyl phosphoric acid (MPA)