The dispersion, stability, and resuspension of C60 in environmental water matrices
2019
Ding, Guanghui | Li, Xueyao | Zhang, Jing | Zhang, Nannan | Li, Ruijuan | Wang, Yingying | Yang, Zhanning | Peijnenburg, Willie J. G. M.
Environmental waters cover a range of water quality characteristics which could greatly affect the behavior and fate of C₆₀ in the aquatic environment. In this study, the dispersion and stability of C₆₀ in several environmental water matrices during a 70-day extended mixing period were investigated to better understand its environmental behavior and fate in environmental waters. Relatively stable nanoscale aggregates in water (aqu/nC₆₀) could be formed in wastewater influent, while unstable suspensions were obtained in river water, wastewater effluent, seawater, and estuarine water. During the extended mixing under sunlight, oxygen-containing moieties were produced on the surface of the C₆₀ aggregates, independent of the kind of environmental water matrices. Once the mixed system went under quiescent condition, aggregation and sedimentation of aqu/nC₆₀ occurred. However, an extremely short-time disturbance could easily resuspend the C₆₀ aggregates deposited and increase the concentration of aqu/nC₆₀ in the overlying water column. Therefore, the effects of resuspension should be considered when investigating the environmental behavior and fate of C₆₀.
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