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Activated Carbon as Sorbents for Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater (Review)

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This review summarizes the latest developments on the use of activated carbon adsorbents of various geneses for the adsorption of the most common pharmaceuticals in wastewater.

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This study was carried out within the frameworks of State assignments for the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Center for New Chemical Technologies, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, in accordance with Program of Fundamental Research of State academies of sciences for 2013–2020 in research fields V.46 (state registration no. AAAA-A17-117040310050-4 in Unified State Information System for Registration of Research, Research and Development (R&D), and Technological Activities for Civil Use) and V .45, project V.45.2.8 (state registration no. AAAA-A19-119050790074-9 in Unified State Information System for Registration of Research, Research and Development (R&D), and Technological Activities for Civil Use).

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  1. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    M. D. Vedenyapina & A. K. Rakishev

  2. Moscow Polytechnic University, 107023, Moscow, Russia

    A. Yu. Kurmysheva

  3. Center for New Chemical Technologies, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 644040, Omsk, Russia

    Yu. G. Kryazhev

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Vedenyapina, M.D., Kurmysheva, A.Y., Rakishev, A.K. et al. Activated Carbon as Sorbents for Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater (Review). Solid Fuel Chem. 53, 382–394 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0361521919070061

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