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Efficient Elimination of Tetracycline by Ferrate (VI): Real Water Implications

  • Levia Lalthazuala (Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Mizoram University) ;
  • Lalhmunsiama Lalhmunsiama (Department of Industrial Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Mizoram University) ;
  • Ngainunsiami Ngainunsiami (Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Mizoram University) ;
  • Diwakar Tiwari (Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Mizoram University) ;
  • Seung Mok Lee (Department of Biosystem and Convergence, Catholic Kwandong University) ;
  • Suk Soon Choi (Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Semyung University)
  • Received : 2023.02.03
  • Accepted : 2023.03.21
  • Published : 2023.06.10
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Abstract

The detection of antibiotics in treated wastewater is a global concern as it enters water bodies and causes the development of antibiotic resistance genes in humans and marine life. The study specifically aims to explore the potential of ferrate (VI) in eliminating tetracycline (TCL). The degradation of TCL is optimized with parametric studies, viz., the effect of pH and concentration, which provide insights into TCL elimination. The increase in pH (from 7.0 to 10.0) favors the percentage removal of TCL; however, the increase in TCL concentrations from 0.02 to 0.3 mmol/L caused a decrease in percentage TCL removal from 97.4 to 29.1%, respectively, at pH 10.0. The time-dependent elimination of TCL using ferrate (VI) followed pseudosecond-order rate kinetics, and an apparent rate constant (kapp) was found at 1978.8 L2 /mol2 /min. Coexisting ions, i.e., NaNO3, Na2HPO4, NaCl, and oxalic acid, negligibly affect the oxidation of TCL by ferrate (VI). However, EDTA and glycine significantly inhibited the elimination of TCL using ferrate (VI). The mineralization of TCL using ferrate (VI) was favored at higher pH, and it increased from 18.57 to 32.52% when the solution pH increased from pH 7.0 to 10.0. Additionally, the real water samples containing a relatively high level of inorganic carbon spiked with TCL revealed that ferrate (VI) performance in the removal of TCL was unaffected, which further inferred the potential of ferrate (VI) in real implications.

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Acknowledgement

One of the author DT acknowledges the CSIR, New Delhi providing the financial assistance in the form of Extra Mural Research Grant vide No. 24(354)/18-EMR-II.

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