Adsorption Of Pharmaceuticals Compound Balsalazide In Aqueous Solutions Using Nano Talc As An Adsorbent

Abstract

Among the organic micro contaminants that have caught the attention of drinking water businesses and water resource authorities are pharmaceuticals, synthetic hormones, and personal care products. Pharmaceutical residues are only present in tiny levels, but dumping pharmaceuticals into neighbouring water sources without adequate treatment might have serious environmental consequences. These drugs interfere with the growth of aquatic biota and photosynthesis, as well as the solubility of gases in bodies of water. Therefore, pharmaceutical effluents must be taken out of aquatic bodies. Diverse techniques have been used to extract pharmaceutical compounds from wastewaters. Many difficult-to-remove drugs are resistant to traditional techniques of cleaning raw drinking water, such as chlorine dioxide, whereas advanced oxidation and reverse osmosis systems are extremely successful but expensive. [1, 2]. Because they are present in substantial levels in sewage treatment plant (STP) effluents and surface water, standard biological treatments appear ineffective for the majority of pharmaceuticals [3-4]. As a result, a low-cost solution with easy operation and little maintenance is needed. Novel materials with unique surface-active characteristics are being developed as a result of advances in nanotechnology [5–7], which may be useful in eliminating medicines from raw water sources.