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- Magnetically modified biochar, specifically FeO-biochar, can effectively inhibit the transport of polystyrene microplastics (PSMPs) in sandy soil by utilizing surface charge interactions.
- The presence of humic acid (HA) reduces the retention of PSMPs, primarily through mechanisms like electrostatic repulsion, complicating the interaction between biochar and PSMPs.
- Ionic strength and types of cations (Na/Ca) significantly influence PSMP transport, with Ca consistently showing better retention than Na, and HA's effects varying based on the condition of the solutions.
Article Abstract
Magnetically modified biochar, with a rougher surface and more positive surface charge, may interact with microplastics (MPs) after being applied to soil, potentially altering the fate and transport of MPs in porous media. In this study, the transport and retention behavior of polystyrene microplastics (PSMPs) in a sandy porous media mixed with biochar/FeO modified biochar (FeO-biochar) was investigated under various chemical conditions (humic acid (HA), ionic strength (IS) and cationic types (Na/Ca)). The results showed that the addition of biochar and FeO-biochar can hinder the transport of PSMPs in porous media without HA, and that FeO-biochar was more effective in inhibiting the transport of PSMPs through electrostatic adsorption and complexation, with an optimum retention efficiency of 92.36 %. HA significantly attenuated the retention of PSMPs in both porous media through electrostatic repulsion, steric resistance and competitive adsorption under 1 mM Na solutions, and the mobility of PSMPs in FeO-biochar/sand was enhanced more significantly than in biochar/sand with the increase of HA concentration. IS significantly inhibited the transport of PSMPs in both porous media in the absence of HA, but there was an antagonistic effect of HA and IS on the transport of PSMPs in the presence of HA, with the facilitative effect of HA being stronger than the inhibitory effect of IS. Ca was consistently more effective in inhibiting the transport of PSMPs than Na under all test conditions, and HA promoted the transport of PSMPs in all Na solutions, while it inhibited the transport of PSMPs in high IS (10 mM) with Ca solutions. In addition, HA, FeO-biochar and PSMPs tend to form larger aggregates under the complex interactions of Ca, leading to increased retention of PSMPs in porous media. The two-site kinetic retention models suggested that the retention of PSMPs in porous media with biochar was predominantly reversible attachment effect, while retention in porous media with FeO-biochar was predominantly an irreversible straining effect.
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