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Grafted Sepiolites for the Removal of Pharmaceuticals in Water Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Tomás Undabeytia ,
Fernando Madrid ,
Juan Vázquez  and
José Ignacio Pérez-Martínez
Tomás Undabeytia*
Affiliation:
Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology (IRNAS-CSIC), Reina Mercedes 10. Apdo, 1052, 41080, Sevilla, Spain
Fernando Madrid
Affiliation:
Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology (IRNAS-CSIC), Reina Mercedes 10. Apdo, 1052, 41080, Sevilla, Spain
Juan Vázquez
Affiliation:
Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Seville, Prof. García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
José Ignacio Pérez-Martínez
Affiliation:
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology Department, University of Seville, Prof. García González 2, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
*
*E-mail address of corresponding author: [email protected]
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Abstract

The increased detection of pharmaceuticals in finished drinking water has become a growing cause of concern in recent years. The removal of atenolol, ranitidine, and carbamazepine by sepiolite, following functionalization of its surface by organosilane grafting, constituted the subject of this investigation. Silylated surfaces include octyl, γ-aminopropyl, 3-chloropropyl, and triphenyl moieties. The sorption of atenolol and ranitidine was higher on sepiolite functionalized with 3-chloropropyl, while carbamazepine showed a higher sorption on sepiolite with triphenyl groups. Filtration experiments of both ranitidine and carbamazepine on octyl- and triphenyl-sepiolite, respectively, showed a higher retention of ranitidine in comparison to carbamazepine, in spite of the fact that the number of sorption sites was lower due to its higher binding rate.

Keywords

FiltrationGraftingPharmaceuticalsSepioliteSorption
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , 15 April 2019 , pp. 173 - 182
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Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 2019

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Footnotes

This paper was originally presented during the session NT-06: Clays, organo-clays, and nanocomposites in water treatment during ICC 2017.

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