Sorption of chloramphenicol on pond sediments and the effect of coexistence Cu(II).

The sorption of chloramphenicol on four types of sediment and the effect of coexistence Cu(II) on the sorption were studied. Sorption isotherms and thermodynamic analysis were employed to dispose the experimental sorption data. Experimental results showed that organic matter was the dominant parameter and the coexistence of heavy metal Cu(II) could promote the sorption of chloramphenicol on four tested sediments. The adsorption parameter analysis showed sorption of chloramphenicol on the sediment was not pure distributional effects, not a strong interaction between molecule and surface, but other weak interactions. Thermodynamic parameters values such as ΔG, ΔH and ΔS were all below zero, which indicated that the sorption was a spontaneous and exothermal process.