ADSORPTION OF DIAZEPAM ON ACTIVATED CARBON: UNDERSTANDING POLLUTANT-ADSORBENT INTERACTION AT NANOSCALE LEVEL

• MsC. Michel Manduca Artiles

• Spanish / Español

• activated carbon
• diazepam
• modeling
• persistent pollutants
• wastewater

The contamination of water with persistent organic compounds, like pharmaceuticals, is a problem of global concern. Among often found active compounds in water bodies it can be cited the benzodiazepines, the most prescribed anxiolytics in the world, been the Diazepam (DZP) one of the most representative compound of this pharmacological family. Adsorption on activated carbons is among the most used secondary processes for the removal of these contaminants from polluted waters. In the present work...