Journal
DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT
Volume 212, Issue -, Pages 390-400Publisher
DESALINATION PUBL
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2021.26603
Keywords
Ciprofloxacin; NiO nanoparticle; Adsorption; Isotherm; Kinetic; Thermodynamic
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- Zahedan University of Medical Sciences [9162]
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2019R1I1A3A01062424]
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The study demonstrated the efficient adsorption of ciprofloxacin from aqueous solution using NiO nanoparticles synthesized by the sol-gel method. By optimizing experimental parameters, a removal efficiency of 99.2% was achieved with Langmuir isotherm found to best describe the adsorption process.
In the present study, the adsorption behavior of ciprofloxacin (CIP) from aqueous solution, using NiO nanoparticles (synthesized by the sol-gel method) was studied at batch experiments. A number of parameters (e.g., temperature, adsorbent dosage, contact time, pH, and initial CIP concentrations) were studied. The best efficiency for the removal of CIP was obtained by 99.2%. The optimal parameters used here were the temperature of 50 degrees C, synthesized NiO dosage of 1 g/L, concentration 10 mg/L at contact time 90 min, and pH = 3. In order to study the kinetics of adsorbent, the pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intraparticle diffusion models were applied. According to the pre-determined correlation coefficients (R-2), the pseudo-second-order kinetic model showed a better correlation between the kinetic behaviors of the adsorbent. Thermodynamic experiments showed that the CIP adsorption was endothermic. The negative values of Delta G degrees indicate the spontaneous nature of the adsorption. The increased randomness was attributed to the adsorption process based on the positive entropy change. The equilibrium data were tested with Langmuir, Freundlich, Redlich-Peterson, Dubinin-Radushkevich, and Temkin isotherm at four different temperatures and it was observed that the Langmuir isotherm was best fitted in the adsorption of CIP.
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