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Sorption behaviour of tebuconazole on microplastics: kinetics, isotherms and influencing factors
Summary
Researchers investigated the adsorption of tebuconazole fungicide onto polyamide, polystyrene, and polypropylene microplastics, finding polyamide had the highest sorption capacity and that pH, salinity, and metal presence all significantly affected adsorption. The dominant mechanisms differed by polymer type, with electrostatic and hydrogen bonding governing polyamide and polypropylene while hydrophobic and intermolecular forces dominated polystyrene.
Microplastics (MPs) and pesticides are two classes of environmental pollutants and have become global challenges. MPs could adsorb substantial environmental pollutants, which may affect their transportation, distribution and cause combination toxicity. Therefore, the study of sorption properties and mechanisms is the basis of the ecological risk assessment of co-exposure of pesticides and MPs. In this research, typical triazole fungicide tebuconazole (TEB) is selected as a model pollutant, and its sorption behaviour was investigated by kinetic and isotherm models. Meanwhile, a series of environmental influencing factors, like pH, salinity, and metals were conducted. Results showed that the sorption of TEB on MPs could reach equilibrium at 24 h, and the sorption capacity followed the order of PA (polyamide) > PS (polystyrene) > PP (polypropylene). The pseudo-second-order model was the most appropriate model to describe kinetic data, and the Freundlich model was well fit for PA sorption isotherms, in contrast the Langmuir model is better for PP and PS. Additionally, the pH of the solution, salinity, and metals have an important effect on sorption. Combined with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and environmental influencing factors, the sorption mechanisms were mainly electrostatic interaction and hydrogen bond for PA and PP, and hydrophobic force, intermolecular force, and electrostatic force for PS, respectively.
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