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Individual and co transport study of titanium dioxide NPs and zinc oxide NPs in porous media
Ramamurthy Nagarajan, Kumari J, Mathur A, Rajeshwari A, Venkatesan A, Satyavati S, Pulimi M, Nagarajan R, ,
Published in Public Library of Science
2015
PMID: 26252479
Volume: 10
   
Issue: 8
Abstract

The impact of pH and ionic strength on the mobility (individual and co-transport) and deposition kinetics of TiO2 and ZnO NPs in porous media was systematically investigated in this study. Packed column experiments were performed over a series of environmentally relevant ionic strengths with both NaCl (0.1-10 mM) and CaCl2 (0.01-0.1mM) solutions and at pH 5, 7, and 9. The transport of TiO2 NPs at pH 5 was not significantly affected by ZnO NPs in solution. At pH 7, a decrease in TiO2 NP transport was noted with co-existence of ZnO NPs, while at pH 9 an increase in the transport was observed. At pH 5 and 7, the transport of ZnO NPs was decreased when TiO2 NPs was present in the solution, and at pH 9, an increase was noted. The breakthrough curves (BTC) were noted to be sensitive to the solution chemistries; the decrease in the breakthrough plateau with increasing ionic strength was observed under all examined pH (5,7, and 9). The retention profiles were the inverse of the plateaus of BTCs, as expected from mass balance considerations. Overall, the results from this study suggest that solution chemistries (ionic strength and pH) are likely the key factors that govern the individual and co-transport behavior of TiO2 and ZnO NPs in sand. Copyright: © 2015 Kumari et al.

About the journal
JournalPLoS ONE
PublisherPublic Library of Science
ISSN19326203
Open AccessYes
Concepts (23)
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