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Models for tetracycline in aquatic environments

II. Interaction with humic substances

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The adsorption of tetracycline onto humic acid and peat has been found to obey the Freundlich and Scatchard plot models. The latter model showed that the adsorption was biphasic in nature thus indicating the presence of two types of binding sites on the organic matter. The adsorption was reduced atnhigh ionic strength and pH.

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  1. Trace Analysis Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, B3H 4J1, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    B. B. Sithole & R. D. Guy

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Sithole, B.B., Guy, R.D. Models for tetracycline in aquatic environments. Water Air Soil Pollut 32, 315–321 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00225117

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