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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 229, Issue -, Pages 170-176Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.05.089
Keywords
ARS-labeled hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (ARS-nHAP); Ionic strength (I-c); Breakthrough curve (BTC); Retention profile (RP); Colloid filtration theory (CFT)
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- Knowledge Innovative Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-Q02-02]
- National Basic Research and Development Program [2007CB936604]
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Hydroxyapatite nanoparticle (nHAP) is increasingly being used to remediate soils and water polluted by metals and radionuclides. The transport and retention of Alizarin red S (ARS)-labeled nHAP were investigated in water-saturated granular media. Experiments were carried out over a range of ionic strength (I-c, 0-50 mM NaCl) conditions in the presence of 10 mg L-1 humic acid. The transport of ARS-nHAP was found to decrease with increasing suspension I-c in part, because of enhanced aggregation and chemical heterogeneity. The retention profiles (RPs) of ARS-nHAP exhibited hyperexponential shapes (a decreasing rate of retention with increasing transport distance) for all test conditions, suggesting that some of the attachment was occurring under unfavorable conditions. Surface charge heterogeneities on the collector surfaces and especially within the ARS-nHAP population were contributing causes for the hyperexponential RPs. Consideration of the effect(s) of I-c in the presence of HA is needed to improve the efficacy of nHAP for scavenging metals and actinides in real soils and groundwater environments. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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