Removal of Aspirin and Chloroquine from Aqueous Solution Using Organo-Clay Derived from Kaolinite

A.U. Nkwoada¹ , C.D. Alisa² , M.M. Oguwike³ , I.A. Amaechi⁴

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.1 , pp.1-11, Mar-2022

Online published on Mar 31, 2022

Copyright © A.U. Nkwoada, C.D. Alisa, M.M. Oguwike, I.A. Amaechi . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Common health problems such as malaria, fever and pain have made humans depend on drugs like chloroquine (Cq) and aspirin (Ap) for wellness. But these drugs and their metabolites invariably find their means to the environment and pollute our land and water; hence, suitable remediation technique is paramount to conserve our surroundings. Organo-clay synthesized by treating raw kaolinite with citric acid was explored as an adsorbent in this research paper. On the characterization of both raw clay and organo-clay using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM); the modification process resulted in structural and morphological changes. Employing batch adsorption for removal of Ap and Cq by organo-clay revealed that removal efficiency (R%) decreased with an increase in initial concentration (20–70mg/L), with the highest R% for Ap and Cq being 96.70% and 99.28%, respectively at 20mg/L. The contact time (5–120mins) for both Ap and Cq showed an increase in R% and then equilibration. The equilibrium time for Ap was 60min while Cq was 120min. The sorption isotherm investigated by both Freundlich and Langmuir models showed that both Ap and Cq follow the Langmuir model. The maximum sorption capacities of Ap and Cq onto organo-clay were 80.00 and 84.03mg/g, respectively. Among the kinetics models studied, namely, pseudo-first-order (PFO), pseudo-second-order (PSO), intraparticle diffusion (IDF) and Elovich, PSO describes the kinetics of both Ap and Cq onto organo-clay best based on correlation coefficient (R2) and also the sum of square error (SSE)values.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Aspirin (Ap), Chloroquine (Cq), Adsorption, Treated Clay, Organo-Clay

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