Ultrasonic degradation of acetaminophen and naproxen in the presence of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Jong Kwon Im; Jiyong Heo; Linkel K. Boateng; Namguk Her; Joseph R.V. Flora; Jaekyung Yoon; Kyung Duk Zoh; Yeomin Yoon

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.04.001

Ultrasonic degradation of acetaminophen and naproxen in the presence of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Jong Kwon Im, Jiyong Heo, Linkel K. Boateng, Namguk Her, Joseph R.V. Flora, Jaekyung Yoon, Kyung Duk Zoh, Yeomin Yoon

Department of Environmental Science & Engineering

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Abstract

Ultrasonic (US) and single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)-catalyzed ultrasonic (US/SWNT) degradation of a pharmaceutical (PhAC) mixture of acetaminophen (AAP) and naproxen (NPX) used as analgesics was carried out in water. In the absence of SWNTs, maximum degradations of AAP and NPX occurred at a high frequency (1000kHz) and under acidic conditions (pH 3) and different solution temperatures (25°C at 28kHz and 35°C at 1000kHz) during US reactions. Rapid degradation of PhACs occurred within 10min at 28kHz (44.5% for AAP; 90.3% for NPX) and 1000kHz (39.2% for AAP; 74.8% for NPX) at a SWNT concentration of 45mgL^-1 under US/SWNT process, compared with 28kHz (5.2% for AAP; 10.6% for NPX) and 1000kHz (29.1% for AAP; 46.2% for NPX) under US process. Degradation was associated with the dispersion of SWNTs; small particles acted as nuclei during US reactions, enhancing the H₂O₂ production yield. NPX removal was greater than AAP removal under all US-induced reaction and SWNT adsorption conditions, which is governed by the chemical properties of PhACs. Based on the results, the optimal treatment performance was observed at 28kHz with 45mgL^-1 SWNTs (US/SWNT) within 10min.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	284-292
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Hazardous Materials
Volume	254-255
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.04.001
State	Published - 15 Jun 2013

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This research was supported by the Korea Ministry of Environment , ‘GAIA Project, 2012000550022’ and by the International Research & Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) of Korea (No. 2012K1A3A1A12054908 ).

Keywords

Acetaminophen
Hydrogen peroxide
Luminal
Naproxen
Single-walled carbon nanotubes
Sonolysis

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