Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue 22, Pages 15489-15498Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00882
Keywords
PFAS mixture; PFOS; PFOA; 6; 2 FTS; unsaturated; trapped gas; air-water interface; adsorption
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada [CRDPJ 530133-18]
- WSP Golder
- Imperial Oil Limited
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This study investigated the transport of PFOS, PFOA, and 6:2 FTS individually and in binary mixtures in the presence of a trapped gas phase using column experiments. The adsorption at the air-water interface significantly retarded their transport, and the competition between PFOS and PFOA for adsorption also affected their transport.
The transport of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soil and groundwater is important for site investigation, risk characterization, and remediation planning. The adsorption of PFAS at air-water interfaces has been shown to significantly contribute to PFAS retention, with subsequent effects on concentrations and the time scales of transport. In this study, column experiments were conducted to investigate the transport of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate (6:2 FTS) individually and in binary mixtures in the presence of a trapped gas phase, using clean sands to isolate adsorption to air-water interfaces. Consistent with previous studies, the transport of PFOS, PFOA, and 6:2 FTS was retarded by adsorption at the air-water interface, with greater retention of PFOS due to its higher affinity for the air-water interface. Chromatographic separation occurred in the experiments using binary mixtures of PFOS and PFOA, with greater retention at lower influent concentrations. The mixture experiments also showed enhanced breakthrough of PFOA in the presence of PFOS, where effluent concentrations of PFOA were temporarily greater than the influent concentration prior to the breakthrough of PFOS. This enhanced breakthrough was attributed to competition between PFOS and PFOA for adsorption to the air-water interface.
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