Iron-Trimesic Metal Organic Frameworks as Nano-Adsorbents for Tetracycline and Ceftriaxone Contaminated Wastewater Effluents

Nassar, Hossam F.; Shaban, Alzahraa; Zaher, Amal; Abdelmonein, Taha; Salama, Esaraa; Gaber, Yasser; Shehata, Nabila; Abdelhameed, Reda; Mahmoud, Rehab

doi:10.21608/ejchem.2022.153568.6647

Iron-Trimesic Metal Organic Frameworks as Nano-Adsorbents for Tetracycline and Ceftriaxone Contaminated Wastewater Effluents

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Environmental Sciences and Industrial Development, Faculty of Post Graduate Studies for Advanced Sciences, Beni-Suef university

² Chemistry Department. Faculty of Sciences. Beni-Suef University. Beni-Suef Egypt.

³ Environmental Sciences and Industrial Development Department. Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences. Beni-Suef University. Beni-Suef Egypt. Egypt eni-Suef university

⁴ Biotechnology Department. Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences. Beni-Suef University. Beni-Suef Egypt.

⁵ Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt

⁶ ESID dep, PSAS Faaculty, Beni-Suef University, 62511 Beni-Suef, Egypt

⁷ Applied Organic Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth st., Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

10.21608/ejchem.2022.153568.6647

Abstract

Antibiotics release has been identified as a series concern with adverse effects on the ecosystem. Nano-adsorbents are promising materials to remove antibiotics from wastewater effluents. In this work, iron-trimesic metal organic frameworks (Fe-BTC MOF) was synthesized and characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM and TEM. Fe-BTC was then investigated as nano-adsorbent for tetracycline (TC) and Ceftriaxone sodium (CFTR) antibiotics. TC and CFTR are common antibiotics, which are extensively used by industrial activities and thereby are released to wastewater effluents. Fe-BTC MOF showed high adsorption capacity of 713 and 1284.6 mg/g for TC and CFTR respectively. This study aim to compares the uptake efficiencies for two drug residues. Single antibiotic residues adsorption tests showed that Fe-BTC MOF effectively takes up TC more than CFTR. The influence of pH, dose, concentration and time on the adsorption process was estimated. Such adsorption capacity of Fe-BTC will make it favorable for further environmental applications.

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