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Protocol encompassing ultrasound/Fe3O4 nanoparticles/persulfate for the removal of tetracycline antibiotics from aqueous environments

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The presence of residual antibiotics in the environment is one of the major global concerns, and it is imperative to control their discharge in water bodies. The present study used a combination of Fe3O4 nanoparticles/persulfate in conjunction with ultrasound to address this problem; the influence of effective parameters in the remediation process, persulfate concentration, nanoparticle concentrations, initial antibiotic concentration, contact time and pH was investigated. The highest removal rate of tetracycline antibiotic was observed at pH 10, the amount of magnetic nanoparticles being (0.3 g/L), with persulfate concentration at 4 mM for the removal of antibiotic concentration at 10 mg/L; TC and COD removal efficiency is 92.99 and 79.85%, respectively. The deployment of sonocatalytic process, along with the use of magnetite nanoparticles and persulfates as oxidizing agents, appears to be an effective means for decreasing the high-level tetracycline concentration in water.

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  1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Mahammad Malakotian & Pouria Karimi

  2. Environmental Health Engineering Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Mahammad Malakotian

  3. Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Seyedeh Nastaran Asadzadeh

  4. NanoBioElectrochemistry Research Center, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran

    Mehrdad Khatami & Mohammad Ahmadian

  5. Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Mehrdad Khatami

  6. Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran

    Mohammad R. Heidari

  7. Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Bojnord University of Medical Sciences, Bojnord, Iran

    Nima Firouzeh

  8. Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacky University, Šlechtitel °u 27, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Rajender S. Varma

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Malakotian, M., Asadzadeh, S.N., Khatami, M. et al. Protocol encompassing ultrasound/Fe3O4 nanoparticles/persulfate for the removal of tetracycline antibiotics from aqueous environments. Clean Techn Environ Policy 21, 1665–1674 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-019-01733-w

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