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Influence of types and charges of exchangeable cations on ciprofloxacin sorption by montmorillonite

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As one of the most important soil components, montmorillonite plays a vital role in transport and retention of organic pollutants in soils. Ciprofloxacin (CIP), an antibiotic of fluoroquiolones, has been frequently detected in water and soil environments due to its wide use in human and veterinary medicine. In this study, the adsorption of CIP onto different homoionic montmorillonite such as Na-, Ca- and Al-MMT was investigated, and the influence of types and charges of exchangeable cations in the interlayer of montmorillonite on CIP adsorption was evaluated. The results showed that different homoionic montmorillonite exhibited different sorption capacity of CIP. At pH 3, the sorption capacity of CIP decreased in the order Na-MMT > Ca-MMT > Al-MMT, following the lyotropic series. When solution pH increased to 11, the sorption capacity of CIP followed the order Ca-MMT > Al-MMT > Na-MMT. Accompanying CIP adsorption on Ca-MMT, a certain amount of Ca2+ was released into solution. Compared to pH 3, the lower Ca concentration in solution at pH 11 indicated that the adsorption of CIP on Ca-MMT at strong alkaline pH was no longer via cation exchange, and surface complexation or cation bridging might contribute to CIP adsorption. The adsorption of CIP on Na- and Ca-MMT at pH 3 and 11 resulted in the expansion of d-spacing, indicative of intercalation of CIP into the interlayer space of the montmorillonite. However, a decrease of d-spacing was observed when CIP adsorbed on Al-MMT at pH 11, which might be attributed to the dissolution of Al-CIP complex formed between CIP and Al3+ in the interlayer of montmorillonite. The results suggest that the types and charges of exchangeable cations in the interlayer of montmorillonite play an important role in CIP adsorption on montmorillonite.

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  1. School of Physics and Technology, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434100, China

    Qingfeng Wu  (吴青峰)

  2. Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Qingfeng Wu  (吴青峰), Zhaohui Li & Hanlie Hong

  3. Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, 53144, USA

    Zhaohui Li

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Funded by the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 107076), and Wisconsin Groundwater Research Council to Z. Li

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Wu, Q., Li, Z. & Hong, H. Influence of types and charges of exchangeable cations on ciprofloxacin sorption by montmorillonite. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 27, 516–522 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-012-0495-2

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