Adsorptive removal of selected pharmaceuticals by mesoporous silica SBA-15

• Published in: Journal of hazardous materials Vol. 168; no. 2; pp. 602 - 608
• Main Authors: Bui, Tung Xuan, Choi, Heechul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 15.09.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adsorption; Applied sciences; Chemical engineering; Continental surface waters; Exact sciences and technology; General purification processes; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Kinetics; Mesoporous silica SBA-15; Natural water pollution; Pharmaceutical Preparations - isolation & purification; Pharmaceuticals; Pollution; Removal; Silicon Dioxide - chemistry; Surface water; Wastewaters; Water treatment and pollution; X-Ray Diffraction; Removal; Mesoporous silica SBA-15; Adsorption; Surface water; Pharmaceuticals; Drug; Second order; Adsorption isotherm; Desorption; X ray diffraction; Modeling; Waste water; Design; Sorption; Transmission electron microscopy; Batchwise; pH; Kinetics; Hydrophilic compound; Organic compounds

The removal of five selected pharmaceuticals, viz., carbamazepine, clofibric acid, diclofenac, ibuprofen, and ketoprofen was examined by batch sorption experiments onto a synthesized mesoporous silica SBA-15. SBA-15 was synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron...