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Ali Amooey

Ali Amooey

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Faculty of Technology and Engineering
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Phone: 01135305105

Research

Title
Removal of dexamethasone from aqueous solutions using modified clinoptilolite zeolite (equilibrium and kinetic)
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Dexamethasone Clinoptilolite zeolite Removal efficiency Isotherm and kinetic model
Year
2016
Journal International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
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Researchers seyed naim mohseni ، Ali Amooey ، Hamed Tashakkorian ، Abdoliman Amouei

Abstract

The aim of this study was to remove a known pharmaceutics, dexamethasone, from an aqueous solution using clinoptilolite zeolite (CP). CP is a natural, versatile and inexpensive mineral, which has been investigated and applied in the last few decades. Herein, the experiments were carried out in the common conditions of a batch system in room temperature, and the effects of some parameters such as pH of the solution, initial concentration of dexamethasone, adsorbent dose and contact time were studied. Kinetic and isotherm of adsorption processes of dexamethasone on CP were surveyed in the current study. Results revealed that the maximum efficiency (78 %) occurred in pH=4. The adsorption process followed a pseudo-second-order kinetic model as well as Freundlich and Sips isotherm models fitted with the experimental data well