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2017 Publications

Environmental Science and Pollution
Research

Kinetic modeling of antibiotic adsorption onto different nanomaterials using the
Brouers–Sotolongo fractal equation

Tariq J. Al-Musawi &Francois Brouers &Mansur Zarrabi

In this study, the kinetic data of the adsorption of two antibiotics onto three
nanoadsorbents was modeled using the Brouers–Sotolongo fractal model. The model
parameters were calculated at different initial antibiotic concentrations using various
approximations of the kinetic equation for two quantities of practical relevance: the
sorption power and the half-time characteristic of the sorption. The merits of the
nanomaterial were then compared in terms of their application in the elimination of
dangerous antibiotic wastes. We also developed a formula to calculate the effective rate
of the best adsorbent. This study presents the modeling method in detail and has a
pedagogical value for similar researches.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-016-8182-z

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