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The use of antibiotics for breeding and for humans increased considerably in recent years, as a dietary supplement to enhance animal growth. This frequent use leads to the detection of residues in water and wastewater. Thus, the emergence of new strains of bacteria resistant to these antibiotics and, can lead to incurable diseases of livestock, and can lead to a possible transmission of these strains to humans. The purpose of this work is to develop new materials based on treated Maghnia clay, activated carbon, cement, and PVA polymer, named geomaterials. These materials were intended for the containment of hazardous wastes in landfills. The removal of tetracycline from aqueous solution was tested by adsorption onto synthesised geomaterials and their mineral constituents. Adsorption kinetics revealed that tetracycline was rapidly retained by GM and ATMa. This was confirmed by the relatively short equilibrium time of 30 min. The pseudo-second-order and intraparticle models well fitted the adsorption kinetic of the TC-adsorbent studied systems. It was noticed that the adsorption kinetic passes through several mechanisms, was demonstrated by the multi-linearity on the plot of <italic>qt</italic> against the square root of <italic>t.</italic> The adsorption capacity (<italic>Qa</italic>) of TC onto GM is pH-dependent. Indeed, <italic>Qa</italic> reaches a maximum value (<italic>Qa</italic> = 12.58 mg ∙ g–1 at a very acidic pH of 2, then the adsorbed amount decreases to reach a minimum value at pH of 8, and for basic pHs<italic>Qa</italic> increases up to 10 mg ∙ g–1.
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The use of antibiotics for breeding and for humans increased considerably in recent years, as a dietary supplement to enhance animal growth. This frequent use leads to the detection of residues in water and wastewater. Thus, the emergence of new strains of bacteria resistant to these antibiotics and, can lead to incurable diseases of livestock, and can lead to a possible transmission of these strains to humans. The purpose of this work is to develop new materials based on treated Maghnia clay, activated carbon, cement, and PVA polymer, named geomaterials. These materials were intended for the containment of hazardous wastes in landfills. The removal of tetracycline from aqueous solution was tested by adsorption onto synthesised geomaterials and their mineral constituents. Adsorption kinetics revealed that tetracycline was rapidly retained by GM and ATMa. This was confirmed by the relatively short equilibrium time of 30 min. The pseudo-second-order and intraparticle models well fitted the adsorption kinetic of the TC-adsorbent studied systems. It was noticed that the adsorption kinetic passes through several mechanisms, was demonstrated by the multi-linearity on the plot of qt against the square root of t. The adsorption capacity (Qa) of TC onto GM is pH-dependent. Indeed, Qa reaches a maximum value (Qa = 12.58 mg ∙ g–1 at a very acidic pH of 2, then the adsorbed amount decreases to reach a minimum value at pH of 8, and for basic pHsQa increases up to 10 mg ∙ g–1.

Tetracycline Removal from Water by Adsorption on Geomaterial, Activated Carbon and Clay Adsorbents

Faculty of Chemistry, Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology (USTHB)

University of Strasbourg, University of Haute Alsace

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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The use of antibiotics for breeding and for humans increased considerably in recent years, as a dietary supplement to enhance animal growth. This frequent use...

Tetracycline Removal from Water by Adsorption on Geomaterial, Activated Carbon and Clay Adsorbents

Published Online: Oct 11, 2021

Page range: 303 - 328

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2021-0021

Keywords
geomaterials, activated carbon, clay, tetracycline, adsorption

© 2021 Souhila Ait Hamoudi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Tetracycline Removal from Water by Adsorption on Geomaterial, Activated Carbon and Clay Adsorbents

Published Online: Oct 11, 2021

Page range: 303 - 328

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2021-0021

Keywordsgeomaterials, activated carbon, clay, tetracycline, adsorption

© 2021 Souhila Ait Hamoudi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
geomaterials, activated carbon, clay, tetracycline, adsorption