期刊
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
卷 81, 期 -, 页码 70-77出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.08.010
关键词
Eroded plastic pellets; Point of zero charge; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Surface groups; Marine debris
资金
- Research Committee of the University of Patras
The presence of pollutants on plastic debris is an emerging environmental hot topic. Understanding the surface alteration of plastics while in the marine environment increases our understanding of the pollutant plastic debris interaction. Plastic pellets are widely distributed throughout the world oceans. Eroded and virgin polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) pellets were studied for their surface properties to better understand the interaction between plastic and compounds in marine environment Surface properties such as point of zero charge, surface area and pore volume, surface topography, functional groups and acid base behavior are important factors which affect sorption. Virgin plastic pellets had homogeneous smooth surfaces that do not have any acid base behavior. Eroded PE demonstrates an altered surface that at seawater pH acquires a negative charge due to ketone groups. The uneven surface and possible functional groups could have been formed from the erosion processes while floating at the sea surface and might explain the interaction of eroded plastics with microbes and metals. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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