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Inactivation of Herbicides by Activated Carbon and other Adsorbents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

David L. Coffey  and
G. F. Warren
David L. Coffey
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, Purdue University
G. F. Warren
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, Purdue University
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Abstract

A root bioassay was used to compare the adsorption of herbicides by activated carbon with that of muck soil, bentonite clay, a cation exchange resin, and an anion exchange resin. The effectiveness of different adsorbents was determined by comparing the concentrations of herbicide required to give 50% root inhibition of the test plant. Of eight herbicides tested, six were more strongly adsorbed by activated carbon than by any of the other adsorbents. The relative amount of adsorption by activated carbon as measured by the reduction in biological activity was as follows: isopropyl N-(3-chlorophenyl)-carbamate (CIPC) > α,α,α,trifluro-2,6-dinitro-N, N-dipropyl-p-toluidine (trifluralin) > 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) > N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenylacetamide (diphenamid) > dimethyl 2,3,5,6-tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA) > 4,6-dinitro-o-sec-butylphenol (DNBP) > 3-amino-2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid (amiben). The biological activity of 1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium salt (paraquat), a cationic herbicide, was not reduced by activated carbon, but was reduced by bentonite clay and the cation exchange resin. DNBP was more strongly adsorbed by the anion exchange resin than by activated carbon. Desorption from activated carbon varied greatly for the herbicides tested. The most readily desorbed herbicide was 2,4-D while CIPC and DNBP showed little or no desorption.

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Research Article
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Weed Science , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 16 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 Weed Science Society of America 

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