Effect of Acid–Base Modified Biochar on Chlortetracycline Adsorption by Purple Soil

Abstract

We used three purple soil (Hechuan, Jialing, and Cangxi) samples from the Jialing River basin as the research objects and added different proportions of an acid–base modified Alternanthera philoxeroides biochar (Cm) to the purple soil to study the effect of Cm on the adsorption of chlortetracycline (CTC) in the purple soil. The results indicated the following: (1) At 30 °C and pH = 6, the soil adsorption capacity increased with an increasing initial concentration of CTC. The maximum adsorption amount of CTC for each tested sample was in the range of 2054.63–3631.21 mg/kg, and the adsorption capacity in different Cm amended soils was ranked in the order of 10% Cm > 5% Cm > 2% Cm > CK. The adsorption capacity of CTC increased with an increase in the proportion of Cm. Furthermore, under the same addition ratio of Cm, Hechuan soil was found to have a better adsorption effect for CTC than Jialing and Cangxi soil. (2) The Langmuir model was the most suitable for fitting the adsorption behavior of CTC on different purple soils, and the fitting coefficients were all greater than 0.9, indicating that the adsorption of CTC on each soil sample occurred via monolayer adsorption. The thermodynamic experiment results showed that an increase in temperature was beneficial to the process of CTC adsorption, which was a spontaneous, endothermic, and entropy-adding process. (3) At pH = 6, the ionic strength ranged from 0.01 to 0.5 mol/L and the adsorption capacity of CTC of the soil samples decreased with an increase in ionic strength. In the range of pH 2–10, the adsorption capacity of CTC in all the soil samples decreased with an increase in pH. The inhibition capacity of CTC in the soil samples under acidic conditions was notably higher than that under alkaline conditions.

Adsorption Characteristics and Mechanism of Methylene Blue in Water by NaOH-Modified Areca Residue Biochar

“…The thermodynamic fitting results of the adsorption process of ARB and M-ARB on MB can be seen in Figure 10, and the fitted parameters depicted in Table 5. The ∆G θ values of ARB and M-ARB at different temperatures were negative and decreased with raising reaction temperature, demonstrating that the adsorption of these two-areca residue biochar on MB was spontaneous, and as the reaction temperature rose, this spontaneity grew [53]. The absolute value of ∆G θ for M-ARB was greater than that for ARB at the same reaction temperature.…”

A stable Fe/Co bimetallic modified biochar for ofloxacin removal from water: adsorption behavior and mechanisms

“…Freundlich isotherms model described that the adsorption process was a multilayer that occurred on the heterogeneous surface of the adsorbent. 46 Temkin isotherm model assumed a uniform distribution of the binding energies and the adsorption free energy as a function of the surface coverage. This model mainly described the adsorption process as chemisorption through electrostatic interaction.…”

Sweep-Out of Tigecycline, Chlortetracycline, Oxytetracycline, and Doxycycline from Water by Carbon Nanoparticles Derived from Tissue Waste

“…The PhCs pollution keeps increasing because of the modern life necessities for infectious treatments and agricultural, poultry, and livestock farming productivity [ 7 , 8 , 9 ]. The high-performance liquid chromatography was employed for determining chlortetracycline (CTCN) [ 10 , 11 , 12 ], tigecycline (TGCN) [ 13 ], oxytetracycline (OTCN) [ 14 , 15 ], and doxycycline (DXCN) [ 16 ]. In addition, these drugs have been determined via uv-vis spectrophotometry [ 17 , 18 , 19 ], and by high-performance liquid chromatography and spectrophotometry.…”