Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 213, Issue -, Pages 561-570Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.01.089
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Sulfonamide antibiotics; Breakthrough curves; Non-equilibrium transport; Reactive transport; Process modeling
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- Complex Terrain and Ecological Heterogeneity Project (TERRECO) [WP 2-11]
- DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) [A/10/90911]
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We investigated the effect of solution pH and soil structure on transport of sulfonamide antibiotics (sulfamethoxazole, sulfadimethoxine and sulfamethazine) in combination with batch sorption tests and column experiments. Sorption isotherms properly conformed to Freundlich model, and sorption potential of the antibiotics is as follows; sulfadimethoxine > sulfamethoxazole > sulfamethazine. Decreasing pH values led to increased sorption potential of the antibiotics on soil material in pH range of 4.0-8.0. This likely resulted from abundance of neutral and positive-charged sulfonamides species at low pH, which electrostatically bind to sorption sites on soil surface. Due to destruction of macropore channels, lower hydraulic conductivities of mobile zone were estimated in the disturbed soil columns than in the undisturbed soil columns, and eventually led to lower mobility of the antibiotics in disturbed column. The results suggest that knowledge of soil structure and solution condition is required to predict fate and distribution of sulfonamide antibiotics in environmental matrix. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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