Enhanced decontamination of levofloxacin as toxic pharmaceutical residuals from water using CaO/MgO nanorods as a promising adsorbent

Mostafa R. AbuKhadra, Mohamed Gameel Basyouny, Ali A. AlHammadi, Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, Mohamed Abdel Salam

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Abstract

Novel MgO/CaO nanocomposite (MgO/CaO NRs) was synthesized by the hydrothermal method using diatomite porous frustules as a substrate under the microwave irradiation. The composite appeared as well crystalline rod-like nanoparticles with 52.3 nm as average particle size and 112.8 m2/g as BET surface area. The synthetic MgO/CaO NRs were addressed as a novel adsorbent for promising removal of levofloxacin (LVX) as pharmaceutical residuals. The adsorption studies revealed effective uptake of levofloxacin by MgO/CaO NRs with theoretical qmax of 106.7 mg/g and the equilibrium time of 720 min considering the best pH value (pH 7). The equilibrium studies highly fitted with the Langmuir model of monolayer adsorption considering the values of Chi-squared (χ2) and determination coefficient. The estimated adsorption energy from Dubinin–Radushkevich (0.2 kJ/mol) signifies physisorption mechanisms that might be coulombic attractive forces considering the kinetic studies. The thermodynamic addressing for the reactions verified their spontaneous and exothermic nature within a temperature range from 303 to 333 K. Additionally, the prepared MgO/CaO NRs show significant recyclability properties to be used in realistic remediation process and its uptake capacity is higher than several studied adsorbents in literature.

Original languageBritish English
Article number14828
JournalScientific Reports
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2020

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