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Effects of Cations on the Adsorption of Tetracycline onto Powdered Activated Carbon

양이온이 분말활성탄의 Tetracycline 흡착 특성에 미치는 영향

Mingyeong Choe1
,
Seoungho Jo1
,
Jaewon Park1
,
Dogun Kim1*
,
Seokoh Ko2*
최 민경1
,
조 성호1
,
박 재원1
,
김 도군1*
,
고 석오2*
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
2Department of Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee university, Yonggin, 17104, Korea
1국립순천대학교 환경공학전공
2경희대학교 사회기반시스템공학과
*Corresponding Author
*Corresponding Author
30 June 2026. pp. 13-27
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Abstract

Effective control of tetracycline (TC) has been required because it is frequently detected in water environments, posing substantial threats. Activated carbon (AC) adsorption is one of the most widely used in TC removal. However, the cations, ubiquitous in water environment, such as groundwater, can significantly affect the performance. Therefore, the effects of cations on TC adsorption by a powdered AC (PAC) were investigated. Results showed that cations affected not only adsorption rate and capacity, but also thermodynamics. 0.1−10 mM K+ and Ca2+ did not affect the adsorption. However, it was significantly improved by 0.1-0.5 mM Na+ or Mg2+, up to 32.4−45.5%. Adsorption rate and equilibrium adsorption amount were: Na+ > Mg2+ > Control, at all temperatures. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model, intraparticle diffusion model, and Langmuir isotherm provided good fits to experimental results, suggesting that the adsorption was affected by saturation, chemical adsorption, and diffusion, while it was homogeneous and monolayer adsorption onto limited sites. The adsorption was spontaneous and endothermic, and its activation energy and enthalpy were changed by and Mg2+. It is believed that this study is useful for establishing optimum operation conditions of adsorption processes, considering the cations in the influent.

Keywords
Activated carbon
Adsorption
Cations
Tetracycline
Thermodynamics
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지하수토양환경학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
  • Journal Title(Ko) :지하수토양환경
  • Volume : 31
  • No :3
  • Pages :13-27
  • Received Date : 2026-05-11
  • Revised Date : 2026-06-02
  • Accepted Date : 2026-06-22
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2026.31.3.013
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