Removal of organic micropollutants from water by adsorption on thermo-plasma expanded graphite encapsulated into calcium alginate.

ABSTRACT: Nowadays, public concern is focused on the degradation of water quality. For this reason, the development of innovative technologies for water treatment in view of (micro)pollutant removal is important. Indeed, organic (micro)pollutants, such as pharmaceuticals, herbicides, pesticides and plasticizers at concentration levels of μg L^-1 or even ng L^-1 are hardly removed during conventional wastewater treatment. In view of this, thermo-plasma expanded graphite, a light-weight innovative material in the form of a powder, was encapsulated into calcium alginate to obtain a granular form useful as filtration and adsorption material for removal of different pollutants. The produced material was used to remove atrazine, bisphenol-A, 17-α-ethinylestradiol and carbamazepine (at

SUBMITTER: Cuccarese M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10584748 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature