This work examines the adsorption in single- and multi-solute experiments of antibiotic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, i.e., ciprofloxacin (CPX), sulfamethoxazole (SMX), ibuprofen (IBU), diclofenac (DCF), onto sugarcane bagasse. The maximum experimental capacities single components CPX, DCF, IBU, SMX, were 0.98, 0.77, 0.61, 0.51 mg/g, respectively, with decreases between 5 28% mixtures,...

This study presents a method that establishes the existence of competitive adsorption between polycarboxylate ether (PCE) molecules with different molecular architecture. By combining well-established total organic carbon measurements UV–Visible absorption, competition PCEs structures could be quantified. Results are interpreted by deriving fundamental thermodynamic model describing PCE as dyna...