Version 1
: Received: 9 July 2021 / Approved: 13 July 2021 / Online: 13 July 2021 (11:14:31 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 14 July 2021 / Approved: 14 July 2021 / Online: 14 July 2021 (14:12:02 CEST)
How to cite:
Alacabey, İ. Antibiotic Removal from Aquatic Environment with Activated Carbon Produced from the Pumpkin Seeds. Preprints2021, 2021070292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0292.v2
Alacabey, İ. Antibiotic Removal from Aquatic Environment with Activated Carbon Produced from the Pumpkin Seeds. Preprints 2021, 2021070292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0292.v2
Alacabey, İ. Antibiotic Removal from Aquatic Environment with Activated Carbon Produced from the Pumpkin Seeds. Preprints2021, 2021070292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0292.v2
APA Style
Alacabey, İ. (2021). Antibiotic Removal from Aquatic Environment with Activated Carbon Produced from the Pumpkin Seeds. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0292.v2
Chicago/Turabian Style
Alacabey, İ. 2021 "Antibiotic Removal from Aquatic Environment with Activated Carbon Produced from the Pumpkin Seeds" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0292.v2
Abstract
Antibiotics are among the most critical environmental pollutant drug groups. One of the methods used to remove this pollution is adsorption. In this study, activated carbon was produced from the pumpkin seed shell and then modified with KOH. This adsorbent obtained was used in the re-moval of ciprofloxacin from aqueous systems. Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), elemental, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and Zeta analyzes were used for the characterization of the ad-sorbent. In particular, the surface area was found to be a very remarkable value of 2730 m2/g. The conditions of the adsorption experiments were optimized based on interaction time, adsorbent amount, pH and temperature. Over 99% success has been achieved in removal works carried out under the most optimized conditions. In addition, it was determined that the Langmuir isotherm is the most suitable model for the adsorption interaction.
Chemistry and Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry
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Commenter: ihsan Alacabey
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author