title: Effective removal of tetracycline from aqueous solution using activated carbon prepared from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) industrial processing waste.
abstract: Activated carbon (TAC) prepared under optimized conditions with ZnCl2 activation from a new precursor; tomato industrial processing waste (TW), was applied as an adsorbent to remove tetracycline (TC) from aqueous solution. The factors (TAC dosage, initial TC concentration, contact time, ionic strength and solution temperature) affecting the adsorption process were examined at natural pH (5.7) of TAC-TC system in aqueous solution. Kinetic data was found to be best complied by the pseudo-second order model. The isotherm analysis indicated that the equilibrium data could be represented by the Langmuir model. The maximum adsorption capacity was identified as 500.0mgg(-1) at 308K.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Technology, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey. Electronic address: hasan.saygili33@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sayğılı
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey. Electronic address: fguzel@dicle.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Güzel
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002712:Chlorides; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007700:Kinetics; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum; D012996:Solutions; D013696:Temperature; D013752:Tetracycline; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D017967:Zinc Compounds
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002712:Chlorides; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012996:Solutions; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D017967:Zinc Compounds; D002244:Carbon; C016837:zinc chloride; D013752:Tetracycline
keywords: Activated carbon; Adsorption; Tetracycline antibiotic; Tomato industrial processing waste; Waste water treatment