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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 184, Issue -, Pages 613-619Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.016
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Silica colloids; (Radio) labeled nanoparticles; Nanotracers; Transport in porous media; Deposition; Release; Modeling
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Three types of labeled silica nanoparticles were used in transport experiments in saturated sand. The goal of this study was to evaluate both the efficiency of labeling techniques (fluorescence (FITC), metal (Ag(0) core) and radioactivity (Ag-110m(0) core)) in realistic transport conditions and the reactive transport of silica nanocolloids of variable size and concentration in porous media. Experimental results obtained under contrasted experimental conditions revealed that deposition in sand is controlled by nanoparticles size and ionic strength of the solution. A mathematical model is proposed to quantitatively describe colloid transport. Fluorescent labeling is widely used to study fate of colloids in soils but was the less sensitive one. Ag(0) labeling with ICP-MS detection was found to be very sensitive to measure deposition profiles. Radiolabeled (Ag-110m(0)) nanoparticles permitted in situ detection. Results obtained with radiolabeled nanoparticles are wholly original and might be used for improving the modeling of deposition and release dynamics. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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