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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 189, Issue -, Pages 257-266Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.02.018
Keywords
Chitosan; Coffee grounds; Chitosan composites; Adsorption; Pharmaceutical contaminants; Emerging contaminants
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- CNPq
- CAPES [441888/2014-3, 305974/2016-5]
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Waste coffee-grounds (WCG), a poorly explored source of biocompounds, were combined with chitosan (Cs) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) in order to obtain composites. Overall, WCG showed a good interaction with the polymeric matrix and good dispersibility up to 10 wt-%. At 5 wt-% WCG, the composite exhibited a noticeable enhancement (from 10 to 44%) of the adsorption of pharmaceuticals (metamizol (MET), acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), acetaminophen (ACE), and caffeine (CAF)) as compared to the pristine sample. The highest removal efficiency was registered at pH 6 and the removal followed the order ASA > CAF > ACE > MET. For all pharmaceuticals, the adsorption kinetics was found to follow the pseudo-second order model, while the adsorption mechanism was explained by the Freundlich isotherm. Reuse experiments indicated that the WCG-containing composite has an attractive cost-effectiveness since it presented a remarkable reusability in at least five consecutive adsorption/desorption cycles.
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