Adsorption of pharmaceutical compounds and an endocrine disruptor from aqueous solutions by carbon materials

Adsorption has been used to study the removal of atenolol, caffeine, diclofenac and isoproturon, pharmaceutical compounds as emerging contaminants and an endocrine disruptor from ultrapure water and a municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent with three carbonaceous materials: activated carbon,...

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Published in:Journal of environmental science and health. Part B, Pesticides, food contaminants, and agricultural wastes Pesticides, food contaminants, and agricultural wastes, 2012-08, Vol.47 (7), p.640-652
Main Authors: Sotelo, José. L, Rodríguez, Araceli R, Mateos, María M, Hernández, Sergio D, Torrellas, Silvia A, Rodríguez, Juan G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
activated carbon
Adsorption
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Aqueous solutions
Biological and medical sciences
caffeine
Carbon
Carbon - chemistry
carbon materials
carbon nanotubes
drugs
Endocrine disruptors
Endocrine Disruptors - chemistry
Environmental Restoration and Remediation - instrumentation
Environmental Restoration and Remediation - methods
Environmental science
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
isoproturon
Kinetics
municipal wastewater
nanofibers
Nanofibers - chemistry
Nanotubes, Carbon - chemistry
Pharmaceutical Preparations - chemistry
Pharmaceuticals
pharmaceuticals compounds
public water supply
temperature
wastewater
wastewater treatment
Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry
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Summary:Adsorption has been used to study the removal of atenolol, caffeine, diclofenac and isoproturon, pharmaceutical compounds as emerging contaminants and an endocrine disruptor from ultrapure water and a municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent with three carbonaceous materials: activated carbon, multiwalled carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers. The adsorption capacities were studied in the temperature range of 25–65°C and pH range from 3 to 9. Several model isotherms were used to model the adsorption equilibrium data. Also, the competitive adsorption was evaluated.
ISSN:1532-4109
0360-1234
1532-4109
DOI:10.1080/03601234.2012.668462