A method for determination of retention of silver and cerium oxide manufactured nanoparticles in soils

作者:Cornelis Geert*; Kirby Jason K; Beak Douglas; Chittleborough David; McLaughlin Mike J
来源:Environmental Chemistry, 2010, 7(3): 298-308.
DOI:10.1071/EN10013

摘要

Methods to study the retention of manufactured nanoparticles (MNP) are lacking for soils that are likely to be increasingly exposed to MNP. In this study we present, for the first time, a method to determine retention values (K(r)) of Ag and CeO(2) MNP, that can be ranked among solid-liquid partitioning (K(d)) values of bulk (micrometre-sized) forms, soluble salts and other possible contaminants of soils. After method optimisation, suspensions containing 1.24 mg kg(-1) Ag as Ag MNP and 1.30 mg kg(-1) Ce as CeO(2) MNP were added to five soils. More than 7% of Ag MNP occurred as soluble Ag(I) after 24 h and the range of K(r) values of Ag MNP (77-2165 L kg(-1)) and CeO(2) MNP(1.1-2828 L kg(-1)) contrasted with K(d) values of soluble Ag(I), Ce(III) and Ce(IV) salts and bulk Ag and CeO(2) powders in different soils.

  • 出版日期2010
  • 单位CSIRO