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Fenton aging significantly affects the heavy metal adsorption capacity of polystyrene microplastics
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Researchers aged polystyrene microplastics using H2O2 and Fenton reagent and found that Fenton aging significantly increased surface oxidation and the capacity to adsorb copper, zinc, and lead, with adsorption capacity increasing as a function of aging intensity.
Microplastics released into the environment undergo a variety of aging processes, however, information about the influence of aging on the adsorption behavior of microplastics is limited. In order to better understand the effect of aging polystyrene (PS) on the ability to adsorb heavy metal, HO and Fenton reagent were used to investigate the aging properties of PS. Aging PS with these two different aging agents at pH = 4 and room temperature for the same time. Physical and chemical characterization indicated that aging caused oxidation of the surface of PS and the formation of surface micro-cracks. Based on the 2D-COS analysis, the aging process of PS functional groups could occur in the following sequence: 1375 (C-OH) > 1739 (C=O) > 1182 cm (C-O-C) > 1716 (O-C=O). The adsorption experiments for Cd with two different concentrations were carried out by PS with different aging time at room temperature. The adsorption data showed that the adsorption capacity of Cd was significantly enhanced after aging compared with pristine PS, and the adsorption capacity of PS after Fenton aging treatment is much stronger than that after HO aging treatment. The kinetic analysis of the adsorption data indicates that the adsorption process is more consistent with the second-order kinetics than the first-order kinetics, and it is further concluded that the adsorption of Cd by PS is a relatively complicated process. According to the fitting results of adsorption isotherms, the adsorption process of pristine PS mainly occurs on the surface, but with the continuous aging, more adsorption sites may be exposed on the surface of PS, so it can be concluded that the adsorption mechanism of Cd by PS is the coexistence of physics and chemistry. This study indicates aging microplastics may have a significant impact on the destination and migration of metal contaminants, which deserves to be further concerned.
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