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Front Envir Sci Eng    2013, Vol. 7 Issue (4) : 518-525    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-013-0500-9
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Adsorption of sulfonamides on lake sediments
Zhenxing ZHONG1,2, Jian XU1,3, Yuan ZHANG1,3(), Lei LI1,3, Changsheng GUO1,3, Yan HE1,3, Wenhong FAN4, Beiping ZHANG2
1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; 2. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; 3. Laboratory of Riverine Ecological Conservation and Technology, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; 4. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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Abstract

Sulfonamides (SAs) are one class of the most widely used antibiotics around the world. Their fate and transport in the aquatic environment is of great concern. In this study, adsorption of four SAs—sulfadiazine (SD), sulfamethoxazole (SMZ), sulfadimethoxine (SDM) and sulfamethazine (SM2)—in single-solute and multi-solute systems on sediments of Dianchi (DC) Lake and Taihu (TH) Lake, China was investigated with batch experiments. In the single-solute adsorption system, the Langmuir model and the dual-mode model described the adsorption process better than the Freundlich model. Model fitness was better on DC sediment than on TH sediment. The order of adsorption capacity approximately followed a decreasing order of SDM>SD>SM2>SMZ on both sediments, which was likely attributed to the distinctly different water solubility of the four SAs. In the multi-solute system, the order of adsorption capacity was SM2>SDM>SD>SMZ, which was probably related to the compound speciation caused by the pH values of the experimental solution. In the multi-solute system, both competitive and cooperative adsorption played important roles in the adsorption of sulfonamides on sediments.

Keywords sulfonamides      sediments      competitive adsorption      cooperative adsorption     
Corresponding Author(s): ZHANG Yuan,Email:zhangyuan@craes.org.cn   
Issue Date: 01 August 2013
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Zhenxing ZHONG,Jian XU,Yuan ZHANG, et al. Adsorption of sulfonamides on lake sediments[J]. Front Envir Sci Eng, 2013, 7(4): 518-525.
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structureMWa)/(g·mol-1)pKa1b)pKa2 b)water solubilityc)/(mg·L-1)
SD250.281.6 d)6.4 d)66.85
SMZ253.281.4 e)5.6e)383.72
SM2278.332.7 f)7.7f)452.89
SDM310.332.4d)6.0d)66.81
Tab.1  Selected physicochemical properties of the sulfonamide antibiotics
sedimentOM a)/(mg·g-1)pH b)zeta c)/mvSSA d)/(m2·g-1)specific porevolume /(cm3·g-1)pore diameter/nm
Taihu Lake13. 266.53-10.316.99640.051912.21
Dianchi Lake59.747.18-8.920.47020.098119.17
Tab.2  Selected properties of different sediments
Fig.1  Adsorption isotherms of four sulfonamides on two sediments in single-solute system: (a) SM2; (b) SMZ; (c) SD; (d) SDM
sorptionFreundlich modelLangmuir modelDMM modelNc)
KFa)nR2KLQmb)R2KdQmR2
DC sedimentSD4.620.6090.9150.2226.250.9890.3595.560.98912
SM24.030.5220.9880.5412.760.9870.0515.840.99712
SMZ2.610.5110.9780.488.760.9960.384.740.99612
SDM2.230.6620.9120.0733.900.9560.0610.110.98812
TH sedimentSD1.560.7170.9700.302.920.9290.234.170.98312
SM21.190.2590.5540.912.460.8880.143.460.95112
SMZ2.040.0570.3957.702.340.7531.521.520.98712
SDM0.950.7370.8420.652.890.7290.2311.080.99012
Tab.3  Single-solute adsorption parameters of SAs on sediments
Fig.2  Adsorption of four sulfonamides on DC and TH sediment in a multi-solute system: (a) Taihu sediment; (b) Dianchi sediment
adsorptionFreundlich modelLangmuir modelNc)
KFa)nR2KLQmb)R2
DC sedimentSD2.440.5370.8700.31910.370.96512
SM22.960.7790.9430.011250.000.97912
SMZ1.880.5630.8870.2497.520.98112
SDM2.900.7310.9340.03483.330.97812
TH sedimentSD0.530.4280.8380.5031.670.92112
SM21.100.7760.9020.07116.720.93112
SMZ0.740.7120.8110.2781.580.91412
SDM1.400.7270.8750.2437.630.93912
Tab.4  Competitive adsorption parameters of SAs on sediments
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