Distribution and desorption of perfluorinated compounds in fractionated sediments
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This study provides particle-scale understanding of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) distribution in sediments collected from two locations in Tianjin, China. The sediments were fractionated according to particle size and density. Even though lower density carbonaceous fractions contributed only 17.8-22.3% of the total sediment mass, they displayed stronger affinity to PFCs with much higher PFC concentrations than in the heavy fractions. Hydrophobic interaction predominated the partition of longer chain PFCs while electrostatic interaction could affect the sorption of short chain PFCs in sediment fractions. The individual PFC concentrations increased with increasing perfluorocarbon chain length, and the concentrations of perfluoroalkanesulfonates (PFSAs) in the same sediment fraction were higher than perfluorocarboxylates (PFCAs) with the same chain length. Log K(oc) was in the range of 1.70-3.80 for C5-C12 PFCAs and 1.75-2.97 for C4-C8 PFSAs. Desorption experiments indicated desorption became difficult as the chain length increased, and PFSAs were harder to be desorbed than the corresponding PFCAs.
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Zhao et al. (2012) reported log Koc ranges of 1.70-3.80 for C5-C12 PFCAs and 1.75-2.97 for C4-C8 PFSAs.
“A previous research has reported that the log Koc was in the range of 1.70-3.80for C5-C12 PFCAs and 1.75-2.97for C4-C8 PFSAs (Zhao et al., 2012), which is similar to our results.”
From Short- and long-chain perfluoroalkyl substances in the water, suspended particulate matter, and surface sediment of a turbid river (2016) · cites this paper as Zhao et al., 2012
Those reported log Koc ranges were similar to the results of this study.
“A previous research has reported that the log Koc was in the range of 1.70-3.80for C5-C12 PFCAs and 1.75-2.97for C4-C8 PFSAs (Zhao et al., 2012), which is similar to our results.”
From Short- and long-chain perfluoroalkyl substances in the water, suspended particulate matter, and surface sediment of a turbid river (2016) · cites this paper as Zhao et al., 2012
Koc values for PFASs between sediment and water in this study agreed well with earlier studies.
“However, the Koc values of PFASs between sediment and water obtained in this study were in good accordance with many previous researches.”
From Short- and long-chain perfluoroalkyl substances in the water, suspended particulate matter, and surface sediment of a turbid river (2016) · cites this paper as Zhao et al., 2012
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- Authors
- Zhao, L., Zhu, L., Yang, L., Liu, Z., & Zhang, Y.
- Affiliations
- Nankai University (CN)
- Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhu, Lingyan
- Venue
- Chemosphere
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-09
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1390-1397
- ISSN
- 0045-6535 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2026039659
- Cited by
- 118
- References
- 39
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- FWCI
- 3.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemosphere (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Keywords
- perfluorinated compounds, sediment fractionation, particle size fractions, density fractions, sorption, desorption, perfluorocarboxylic acids, chain length effects, octanol-water partition coefficient, hydrophobic interactions, electrostatic interactions, Tianjin
- MeSH terms
- Absorption, Fluorocarbons, Geologic Sediments
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