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Effects of Water Factors on the Effectiveness of EDC Adsorption on Novel Tailored Activated Carbon

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The overall objective of this research was to evaluate the performance of tailored activated carbons in the adsorption of bisphenol A (BPA). The results indicated that the experimental data were well described with pseudo second-order kinetic model. Activated carbon samples (F600-A and OLC-A) tailored with acidic treatment processed better adsorption rates, and the adsorption rates D reached 46.512 and 46.083 mg/g h, respectively. In addition, the roles of water parameters were also investigated. BPA adsorption rate was reduced with increasing pH because of an increase in electrostatic repulsion and a decrease in hydrogen bond interactions. It was found that the adsorbed amount of BPA increased with the increase of temperature from 288 to 318 K. Finally, ionic strength was found to play an important role in promoting BPA adsorption rate by increasing π–π dispersion interaction.

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The authors would like to thank the financial support from the Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang province (Project 2014C03002) and Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corporation (Project BH150093YF).

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  1. Department of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China

    Xinwen Huang & Di Lv

  2. Institute of Environment and Ecology, Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China

    Liang Yan

  3. Chemistry Department, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China

    Geshan Zhang

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Huang, X., Lv, D., Yan, L. et al. Effects of Water Factors on the Effectiveness of EDC Adsorption on Novel Tailored Activated Carbon. Water Air Soil Pollut 227, 398 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-3104-8

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