Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 64, Issue 5, Pages 902-906Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.012
Keywords
PFOS; Marine; Sorption; Ionic composition; Sediment
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41006062]
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Ecology and Environment of State Oceanic Administration of China [201004]
- Public Science and Technology Research Projects of Ocean [201105010, 201105013]
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Sorption of of anionic perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) on marine sediment was investigated in detail. It was found that solution ionic composition and sediment-specific parameters played important roles in affecting the sorption of PFOS. The results indicated that sorption of PFOS in seawater to marine sediments was strong (similar to 10 times higher than that in freshwater) and nonlinear (Freundlich n(F) values of 0.77-0.96). The sorption affinity was well correlated with sediment organic carbon content, indicating the importance of hydrophobic interactions. At a PFOS aqueous concentration of 10 mu g/L, PFOS distribution coefficients increased with the increasing salinity in solution, with an average rate of 0.48 +/- 0.03 log units per a log unit of salinity. Further studies demonstrated that among common ions contributing to the salinity in seawater, dissolved calcium and magnesium are dominantly responsible for the sorption-enhancing effect of salinity for PFOS. This work will aid in better understanding of PFOS sorption mechanisms, and be useful for fate modeling of this class of contaminants in the marine environment. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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