As a highly efficient insecticide, thiamethoxam was widely used in the world. However, it was bioaccumulative and toxic to aquatic organisms that must be removed from water. In this work, nanoscale zero-valent iron particles loaded on montmorillonite (nZVI/Mt) were successfully synthesized for effective removal of thiamethoxam. The properties of nZVI/Mt for the removal of thiamethoxam were investigated, and the reaction conditions were optimized through response surface methodology. Furthermore, the degradation products were analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS). The results demonstrated that the reaction activity of nZVI was enhanced because the agglomeration and oxidation of nZVI particles were effectively inhibited by using montmorillonite as a support. The significance of the effects of each factor on the removal of thiamethoxam was determined to be in the order of pH ˃ temperature ˃ reaction time ˃ nZVI/Mt dosage. The optimal conditions were as follows: a dosage of nZVI/Mt of 2 g/L, a reaction time of 2 h, a reaction temperature of 35 °C, and a solution pH of 3. The removal efficiency of thiamethoxam (C = 20 mg/L) was observed to be as high as 94.29% under the optimal conditions, which was close to the value of 94.47% that was predicted using the mathematical model, indicating that the model could accurately predict the removal efficiency of thiamethoxam. The degradation mechanism involved the -NO group on the thiamethoxam molecule was reduced and eliminated by nZVI/Mt.

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