Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2021, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 104-113.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2021.2.20

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Effect of humic acid on the phase distribution of sulfadiazine in shallow groundwater

DUAN Lei(), YANG Shengke, WANG Wenke*()   

  1. 1. School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710054, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effect in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, Xi’an 710054, China
  • Received:2020-05-15 Revised:2020-08-20 Online:2021-09-25 Published:2021-10-29
  • Contact: WANG Wenke

Abstract:

It is important for exploring the behavioral characteristics of antibiotics and assessing their hazards by studying the distribution characteristics of antibiotics in shallow groundwater. In this paper, the interaction of sulfadiazine (SD) with humic acid (HA) and the effect of HA on the phase distribution of SD in shallow groundwater were studied by three-dimensional fluorescence quenching method. The effects of HA concentration, pH and temperature on SD in different phases were discussed, and the distribution coefficient as well as quenching and thermodynamic parameters for the quenching process were calculated. The results showed that both low SD (0.5 mg/L) and elevated HA (0-20 mg/L) can significantly increase SD partition in the suspension phase. The mechanism of HA fluorescence quenching by SD was to form HA·SD complex via a single static process. The number of binding site was 1; the quenching constant Ksv was 5.271×103 L/mol; and the quenching rate constant Kq was 5.271×10 11 L/(mol·s). It showed the HA-SD interaction was a spontaneous exothermic process. In a low-temperature (15 ℃), neutral or weakly alkaline (pH 8-10) environment, antibiotics had the strongest quenching effect on HA, and, accordingly, HA had the most obvious promoting effect on SD entering the suspension phase.

Key words: three-dimensional fluorescence method, humic acid, sulfadiazine, interaction, distribution between phases

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