Characterization of activated carbon synthesized at low temperatur e fr om cocoa shell ( Theobroma cacao ) for adsorbing amoxicillin.

(Eng) The objective of the present investigation was to synthesize and characterize activated carbon obtained at low temperature from cocoa shell (Theobroma cacao), which was modified with zinc chloride (ZnCl2) for its use in the removal of amoxicillin. Biomass was characterized by elemental analysis and activated carbon by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and surface area analysis (BET) in order to determine the chemical composition, morphological and structural characteristics. In the molecular adsorption tests of amoxicillin, an aqueous solution with a concentration of 20ppm of the contaminant at pH 6 and 9 was used, to which 5g of the adsorbent material impregnated with zinc chloride was added at 1: 3 and 1: 4 ratios. . For the 1: 3 and 1: 4 activated carbons, surface areas of 287.5 m2 / g and 205.4 m2 / g were reached respectively, with average pore sizes of 3 to 4 nm. The percentage of removal of amoxicillin was influenced by the pH of the solution to be treated, reaching the highest percentages at acidic pH, the removal values ​​reached for activated carbon 1: 3 were 75.4% and 67.2%, while for activated carbon 1: 4 they were 65.2% and 56.7% for solutions pH 6 and 9, respectively. It is concluded that the activated carbon obtained at low temperature is a good material to remove amoxicillin in solution.

• Autores: Tejada, Candelaria N.; Almanza, Diego; Villabona, Angel; Colpas, Fredy; Granados, Clemente
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad del Valle
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital Univalle
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.univalle.edu.co:10893/18150
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10893/18150
• Palabra clave: Absorción; Baja temperatura; Bio-carbón; Carbón activado; Contaminantes emergentes; Adsorption; Low temperature; bio-carbon; Activated carbon; Emerging pollutants
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb