Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

, Volume 305, Issue 2, pp 609–622 | Cite as

Interaction of paracetamol and 125I-paracetamol with surface groups of activated carbon: theoretical and experimental study

  • Daniel Hernández-Valdés
  • Carlos Enriquez-Victorero
  • Luis Pizarro-Lou
  • David Turiño-Pérez
  • Luis Ducat-Pagés
  • Melvin Arias
  • Ulises Jáuregui-Haza
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Abstract

The selection of activated carbon (AC) filters for water decontamination is currently carried out empirically. The low concentrations of drugs in the environment make the radioisotope labeling a valuable tool for physical and chemical studies of the adsorption process. A theoretical study of paracetamol and 125I-paracetamol adsorption onto AC was performed to evaluate the interactions between pollutants and surface groups (SG) of AC. Paracetamol was labeled with 125I and adsorption isotherms were obtained using radioanalytical and spectrophotometric techniques. The radioanalytical method overestimates the paracetamol adsorption. The validity of the chosen approach for qualitative assessment of SG influence over the adsorption process was demonstrated.

Keywords

Activated carbon Paracetamol Adsorption 125I-Paracetamol Molecular modeling Multiple minima hypersurface (MMH) 
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Notes

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank the Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory of the University of Havana for their support with the calculation facilities.

Supplementary material

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A full set of minima structures for complexes representing main interactions present in all systems can be seen in the electronic supplementary material. Supplementary material 1 (PDF 1793 kb)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Daniel Hernández-Valdés
    • 1
  • Carlos Enriquez-Victorero
    • 1
    • 4
  • Luis Pizarro-Lou
    • 2
  • David Turiño-Pérez
    • 2
  • Luis Ducat-Pagés
    • 2
  • Melvin Arias
    • 3
  • Ulises Jáuregui-Haza
    • 1
  1. 1.Instituto Superior de Tecnologías y Ciencias Aplicadas (InSTEC)HavanaCuba
  2. 2.Centro de IsótoposHavanaCuba
  3. 3.Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)Santo DomingoDominican Republic
  4. 4.Department of ChemistryUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryCanada

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