Use of an activated carbon from antibiotic waste for the removal of Hg(II) from aqueous solution

被引:67
作者
Budinova, Temenuzhka [1 ]
Petrov, Nartzislav [1 ]
Parra, Jose [2 ]
Baloutzov, Venelin [3 ]
机构
[1] Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Organ Chem, BU-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
[2] CSIC, Inst Nacl Carbon, E-33080 Oviedo, Spain
[3] Univ Sofia, Dept Biol, Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
关键词
antibiotic waste material; activated carbon; chemical activation; porosity; mercury adsorption;
D O I
10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.02.005
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Porous carbon has been prepared from waste antibiotic material by a chemical activation method using K2CO3 as an activating reagent. Carbon was studied systematically by the adsorption of nitrogen and iodine. It was found that the process parameters such as activation temperature and activation time are crucial for preparing high-quality activated carbon. The proper choice of the preparation conditions allows to produce microporous activated carbon with a micropore volume up to 0.492 cm(3)/g and a BET surface area of 1260 m(2)/g. Adsorption of mercury(II) from an aqueous solution on antibiotic carbon was investigated under the varying conditions of agitation time, metal ion concentration and pH. The adsorption capacity of the carbon is 129 mg/g. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:165 / 172
页数:8
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