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Adsorption behavior and mechanism of 9-Nitroanthracene on typical microplastics in aqueous solutions
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Researchers investigated the adsorption behavior of 9-Nitroanthracene, a toxic nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, onto polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene microplastics, finding that all three polymer types adsorbed the compound and that kinetics followed established sorption models.
Microplastics and Nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs) are two types of emerging pollutants that are strong potential threats to aquatic ecosystems and organisms. The adsorption of NPAHs on microplastics may explain the fate and effects of NPAHs in natural environments. In this study, the adsorption behavior of 9-Nitroanthrene (9-NAnt) on polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) was investigated. Kinetic experiments revealed that 9-NAnt was inclined to be adsorbed onto microplastics, especially PE, which had a large adsorption amount of 734 μg g. A linear isothermal model better described the isothermal adsorption process for 9-NAnt, which indicated that a hydrophobic distribution may be the main adsorption mechanism in an aqueous solution. Water environment factors, such as the pH and ionic strength, had negligible effects on the adsorption for PE. In contrast, alkaline and high ionic strength conditions resulted in the inhibition of adsorption of PP and PS. In addition, the particle size of microplastics was negatively correlated with the log K of 9-NAnt, and the performance of transient aging treatments on microplastics reduced their affinity for 9-NAnt, due to the addition of oxygen-containing functional groups. Above all, hydrophobic and electrostatic processes were the main adsorption mechanisms between microplastics and 9-NAnt.
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