TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rakić, Vesna
AU  - Rac, Vladislav
AU  - Krmar, Marija
AU  - Otman, Otman
AU  - Auroux, Aline
PY  - 2015
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3803
AB  - In this study, the adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds - salicylic acid, acetylsalicylic acid, atenolol and diclofenac-Na onto activated carbons has been studied. Three different commercial activated carbons, possessing similar to 650, 900 or 1500 m(2) g(-1) surface areas were used as solid adsorbents. These materials were fully characterized - their textural, surface features and points of zero charge have been determined. The adsorption was studied from aqueous solutions at 303 K using batch adsorption experiments and titration microcalorimetry, which was employed in order to obtain the heats evolved as a result of adsorption. The maximal adsorption capacities of investigated solids for all target pharmaceuticals are in the range of 10(-4) mol g(-1). The obtained maximal retention capacities are correlated with the textural properties of applied activated carbon. The roles of acid/base features of activated carbons and of molecular structures of adsorbate molecules have been discussed. The obtained results enabled to estimate the possibility to use the activated carbons in the removal of pharmaceuticals by adsorption.
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam
T2  - Journal of Hazardous Materials
T1  - The adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds from aqueous solutions onto activated carbons
EP  - 149
SP  - 141
VL  - 282
DO  - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.04.062
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Rakić, Vesna and Rac, Vladislav and Krmar, Marija and Otman, Otman and Auroux, Aline",
year = "2015",
abstract = "In this study, the adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds - salicylic acid, acetylsalicylic acid, atenolol and diclofenac-Na onto activated carbons has been studied. Three different commercial activated carbons, possessing similar to 650, 900 or 1500 m(2) g(-1) surface areas were used as solid adsorbents. These materials were fully characterized - their textural, surface features and points of zero charge have been determined. The adsorption was studied from aqueous solutions at 303 K using batch adsorption experiments and titration microcalorimetry, which was employed in order to obtain the heats evolved as a result of adsorption. The maximal adsorption capacities of investigated solids for all target pharmaceuticals are in the range of 10(-4) mol g(-1). The obtained maximal retention capacities are correlated with the textural properties of applied activated carbon. The roles of acid/base features of activated carbons and of molecular structures of adsorbate molecules have been discussed. The obtained results enabled to estimate the possibility to use the activated carbons in the removal of pharmaceuticals by adsorption.",
publisher = "Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam",
journal = "Journal of Hazardous Materials",
title = "The adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds from aqueous solutions onto activated carbons",
pages = "149-141",
volume = "282",
doi = "10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.04.062"
}

Rakić, V., Rac, V., Krmar, M., Otman, O.,& Auroux, A.. (2015). The adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds from aqueous solutions onto activated carbons. in Journal of Hazardous Materials
Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam., 282, 141-149.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.04.062

Rakić V, Rac V, Krmar M, Otman O, Auroux A. The adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds from aqueous solutions onto activated carbons. in Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2015;282:141-149.
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.04.062 .

Rakić, Vesna, Rac, Vladislav, Krmar, Marija, Otman, Otman, Auroux, Aline, "The adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds from aqueous solutions onto activated carbons" in Journal of Hazardous Materials, 282 (2015):141-149,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.04.062 . .