Two carbon composite materials were prepared by mixing avocado biochar and methyl polysiloxane (MK). Firstly, MK was dissolved in ethanol, and then the biochar was added at different times. In sample 1 (R1), the time of adding biochar was immediately after dissolving MK in ethanol, and in sample 2 (R), after 48 h of MK dissolved in ethanol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Sci Pollut Res Int
April 2022
The paper describes a theoretical analysis of the adsorption of nicotinamide and propranolol onto a magnetic-activated carbon (MAC). For a better evaluation of the adsorption mechanism, adsorption isotherms expressing the variation of the adsorption capacity as function of adsorbate concentration were determined at different temperatures ranging from 20 to 45 °C. For both the analytes, experimental tests reveal that adsorption capacity increases with temperature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Sci Pollut Res Int
November 2020
This study presents the extraction of antibiotic amoxicillin (AMX) from aqueous solution employing activated carbons (AC) from olive biomass (OB). Two AC were prepared using ZnCl (activator agent), and a conventional muffle furnace (ACF) or microwave oven (ACMW). The structure, morphology, and textural properties from both AC were analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM), pH of point-zero-charge (pH), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and N adsorption/desorption isotherms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present research describes the synthesis of new nanomagnetic activated carbon material with high magnetization, and high surface area prepared in a single pyrolysis step that is used for the carbonization, activation, and magnetization of the produced material. The pyrolysis step of tucumã seed was carried out in a conventional tubular oven at 600 °C under N-flow. It was prepared three magnetic carbons MT-1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
July 2019
This paper describes, by the first time, a chemometric approach that combines a simple set of the UV-Vis spectra and partial least square regression (PLSR) for measuring the removal of five pharmaceuticals present in simulated hospital effluents by sorption using activated carbon. The use of multivariate calibration allowed the quantification of the remaining concentrations of the studied drugs present in a complex mixture with high accuracy, avoiding the need for the use of sophisticated methodologies based on chromatography. Isothermal sorption studies were performed on single-component solutions containing amoxicillin, paracetamol, propranolol, sodium diclofenac, or tetracycline as well as on a solution containing a mixture of all these 5 compounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh-surface-area activated carbons were prepared from an agroindustrial residue, Bertholletia excelsa capsules known as capsules of Para cashew (CCP), that were utilized for removing amoxicillin from aqueous effluents. The activated carbons were prepared with the proportion of CCP:ZnCl 1:1, and this mixture was pyrolyzed at 600 (CCP-600) and 700 °C (CCP700). The CCP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Sci Pollut Res Int
September 2017
This work aimed to study the removal of malachite green dye from wastewaters through adsorption using raw corn straw (RCS) and ultrasound-assisted modified corn straw (MCS). RCS and MCS were prepared and characterized in detail. The characterization indicated that RCS and MCS presented favorable structures for malachite green adsorption and that the ultrasound treatment provided a disorganization of the adsorbent's crystalline regions and also caused the formation of cavities and protuberances.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF