Removal of Amitriptyline from Aqueous Media Using Activated Carbons
This paper reports the removal of amitriptyline, a widely used tricyclic anti-depressant, from aqueous solutions by six activated carbons produced from cork, coffee endocarp and eucalyptus pulp. The results of this study showed that samples from cork and eucalyptus pulp, activated at 800 °C, exhibit...
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| description | This paper reports the removal of amitriptyline, a widely used tricyclic anti-depressant, from aqueous solutions by six activated carbons produced from cork, coffee endocarp and eucalyptus pulp. The results of this study showed that samples from cork and eucalyptus pulp, activated at 800 °C, exhibited the highest adsorption capacity of 120 mg/g and 110 mg/g, respectively. Samples produced from coffee endocarp showed the lowest capacity. Amitriptyline adsorption was almost independent of the pH of the solution and occurred via three different mechanisms based on the dispersive and chemical interactions between amitriptyline molecules and the carbon surface. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-37ca4528360146738ad44cb117cf22d72025-01-03T01:25:16ZengSAGE PublishingAdsorption Science & Technology0263-61742048-40382012-03-013010.1260/0263-6174.30.3.255Removal of Amitriptyline from Aqueous Media Using Activated CarbonsJ.M. Valente Nabais0B. Ledesma1C. Laginhas2 Centro de Química de Évora e Departamento de Química, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000 Évora, Portugal Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. Elvas s/n, 06006 Badajoz, Spain Centro de Química de Évora e Departamento de Química, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho 59, 7000 Évora, PortugalThis paper reports the removal of amitriptyline, a widely used tricyclic anti-depressant, from aqueous solutions by six activated carbons produced from cork, coffee endocarp and eucalyptus pulp. The results of this study showed that samples from cork and eucalyptus pulp, activated at 800 °C, exhibited the highest adsorption capacity of 120 mg/g and 110 mg/g, respectively. Samples produced from coffee endocarp showed the lowest capacity. Amitriptyline adsorption was almost independent of the pH of the solution and occurred via three different mechanisms based on the dispersive and chemical interactions between amitriptyline molecules and the carbon surface.https://doi.org/10.1260/0263-6174.30.3.255 |
| spellingShingle | J.M. Valente Nabais B. Ledesma C. Laginhas Removal of Amitriptyline from Aqueous Media Using Activated Carbons Adsorption Science & Technology |
| title | Removal of Amitriptyline from Aqueous Media Using Activated Carbons |
| title_full | Removal of Amitriptyline from Aqueous Media Using Activated Carbons |
| title_fullStr | Removal of Amitriptyline from Aqueous Media Using Activated Carbons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Removal of Amitriptyline from Aqueous Media Using Activated Carbons |
| title_short | Removal of Amitriptyline from Aqueous Media Using Activated Carbons |
| title_sort | removal of amitriptyline from aqueous media using activated carbons |
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