期刊
WATER RESEARCH
卷 62, 期 -, 页码 193-201出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.048
关键词
Exposure modeling; Engineered nanomaterials; Homoaggregation; Heteroaggregation; Sedimentation; Natural colloids
资金
- European Union [NMP4-CT-2006-033231]
- RIVM strategic research program [SOR-S340030]
- NanoNextNL, a micro and nanotechnology consortium of the Government of the Netherlands
Parameters and simplified model approaches for describing the fate of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) are crucial to advance the risk assessment of these materials. Sedimentation behavior of ENPs in natural waters has been shown to follow apparent first order behavior, a 'black box' phenomenon that is insufficiently understood and therefore of limited applicability. Here we use a detailed Smoluchowski-Stokes model that accounts for homo- and heteroaggregation and sedimentation of ENPs and natural colloids (NCs), to simulate and interpret experimental ENP aggregation-sedimentation data. The model adequately simulated the observed time and initial concentration dependence of CeO2 settling data, and also predicted the conditions for aggregation rate-limitations of overall removal. Heteroaggregation with natural colloids was identified as the dominating removal process. Finally, the empirical apparent first order model data were calibrated against the mechanistic Smoluchowski-Stokes model simulation data, showing excellent fits for a range of NC initial concentrations. Using first order removal rates thus can be considered a valid and informed approximation when modeling ENP fate in the aquatic environment. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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