Effects of Added Fe°, , and on Sorption of Cephalosporin Antibiotic in Quartz-Rich Sands
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Volume 140, Issue 1
Abstract
Batch experiments were performed to evaluate sorption of zwitterionic and anionic cephapirin (CHP° and , respectively), a cephalosporin antibiotic, in two quartz-rich sands spiked with iron (0.5–5% by weight). Sand A was approximately 65% quartz and 29% feldspar, with a grain diameter of 0.11 mm. Sand B was approximately 97% quartz and approximately 2% feldspar with a grain diameter of 0.39 mm. Bulk CHP sorption was evaluated relative to four added iron phases, namely, Fe° [zero-valent iron (ZVI)], (magnetite), and two forms of (dull and specular hematite). Iron-particle sizes matched the respective sands to which they were added. Experiments were performed at two temperatures (21 and 39°C) and the results were compared with CHP sorption in unspiked sands. Maximum sorption occurred in Sand B and was approximately of spiked sand for initial aqueous CHP concentrations of 5–50 ppm, at 39°C and pH 5. Addition of ZVI caused the largest increase in CHP sorption with distribution coefficients () nearly 12 times those of ZVI-free sands. The study results imply the potential use of microscale ZVI, and to a lesser extent iron oxides, in the remediation of cephalosporin-contaminated groundwater and soil.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank Jennifer Bassman, Dr. Kenneth Brown, Jenny Cencer, Eric Johnson, Dr. Graham Peaslee, David Rawlinson, Carrie Thomason, and Dr. Edward Hansen for assistance, advice, and consultation. The project was funded in part by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Program Grant to Hope College (Holland, Michigan). Critical comments and suggestions by reviewers were very helpful and appreciated.
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