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Impact of dilution on the transport of poly(acrylic acid) supported magnetite nanoparticles in porous media

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Ersenkal, Dila Aksoy
Ziylan, Asu
Ince, Nilsun H.
Copty, Nadim K.

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This paper investigates the impact of dilution on the mobility of magnetite nanoparticles surface coated with poly(acrylic acid) (PM). Transport experiments were conducted in a water-saturated sand-packed column for input nanoparticle solutions with total Fe concentrations ranging from 100 to 600 mg/L Particle size analysis of the synthesized nanoparticle solutions showed that PM provides good size stability for Fe concentrations as low as about 1 mg/L Time-moment analysis of the nanoparticle breakthrough curves, on the other hand, revealed that nanoparticle mass recovery from the column decreased consistently with dilution, with greater attenuation, sharper fronts and longer tails compared to that of the tracer. Particle size analysis of the eluted solutions shows that the nanoparticle size is negatively correlated with nanoparticle concentration. Modeling results suggest that the decrease in nanoparticle mobility with input concentration can be represented using a kinetic time-dependent deposition term with finite deposition capacity and a kinetic detachment term. For field applications, the increase in particle size and detachment resulting from dilution means reduced transport efficiency of nanoparticles and reaction potential with travel distance.

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Environmental sciences, Geosciences, multidisciplinary, Water resources

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Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

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10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.09.005

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