title: Adsorption of pharmaceutical compounds and an endocrine disruptor from aqueous solutions by carbon materials.
abstract: Adsorption has been used to study the removal of atenolol, caffeine, diclofenac and isoproturon, pharmaceutical compounds as emerging contaminants and an endocrine disruptor from ultrapure water and a municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent with three carbonaceous materials: activated carbon, multiwalled carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers. The adsorption capacities were studied in the temperature range of 25-65°C and pH range from 3 to 9. Several model isotherms were used to model the adsorption equilibrium data. Also, the competitive adsorption was evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. jose.sotelo@quim.ucm.es
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sotelo
authors.forename: Araceli R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: María M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.forename: Sergio D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Silvia A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Torrellas
authors.forename: Juan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D052244:Endocrine Disruptors / Q000737:chemistry*; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007700:Kinetics; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D052244:Endocrine Disruptors; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002244:Carbon