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Removal of Amoxicillin in Aqueous Solution by a Novel Chicken Feather Carbon: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies

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Chicken feather, which is consisted of keratin, has always been abandoned as solid waste. The utilization technologies of waste keratin have been developed in electric zones and materials fields so far. Recently, numerous new types of adsorbents have been used for antibiotic removal. The chicken feather carbon is supposed to be a potential one. In this study, an activated feather carbon (AFC) was developed as the absorbent of amoxicillin (AMOX) in simulated wastewater. The micropore structures of AFC were detected by the scanning electron microscope (SEM). X-ray photoelectron spectrum (XPS) was recorded and analyzed. A BET surface area, as high as 1838.86 m2/g, was measured in this study. At the meantime, a rapid adsorption (5∼7 min) and high removal efficiency (99.63%) could be observed. The kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamic studies indicated that the adsorption of AMOX by AFC was an exothermic physic-adsorption. The interaction between AMOX and AFC surface was supposed to be a multiple-layer adsorption process for it is well fitted with the Freundlich model. The adsorption behavior could be described by pseudo-second-order model almost perfectly in kinetic studies. In addition, effect of pH, ionic strength, and reusability properties were also discussed in this paper. The AFC was proved to be the most rapid, efficient, and economically absorbent for AMOX removal, which was effective enough under various temperatures and saline circumstances. It was also proved useful, convenient, and renewable in dealing with the tough antibiotic pollutant problems and rebuilding of antibiotic sewage treatment facilities.

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This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 21267014 and 21567017), the open project of the State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University (2016-10). The authors are thankful to statistic support from the Environmental Science Academy of Inner Mongolia. The authors are also grateful to the editors and the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions.

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    Huiqin Li & Xiaojing Wang

  2. Environmental Science Academy of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, 010011, People’s Republic of China

    Huiqin Li

  3. Emission Trading Management Center of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, 010011, People’s Republic of China

    Jingtao Hu

  4. School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, People’s Republic of China

    Chuan Wang

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Li, H., Hu, J., Wang, C. et al. Removal of Amoxicillin in Aqueous Solution by a Novel Chicken Feather Carbon: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies. Water Air Soil Pollut 228, 201 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-017-3385-6

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