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Journal Article
Laboratory Measurements of Pyrene and Acenaphthene Partition into Microplastics
2024
Overview
Microplastics are a major environmental issue. In marine systems, these break down into small fragments that may lodge within organisms, but they behave as vectors for chemicals when pollutants such as metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, and pharmaceuticals are absorbed by the particles. The rate and extent of uptake of organic compounds onto microplastics is dependent on a range of factors such as the sites available on the surface, the type of plastic, and the compound being sorbed, with hydrophobicity an important property. Laboratory experiments determined the uptake of pyrene and acenaphthene (and sometimes phenanthrene) onto pellets of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyoxymethylene (POM), polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS). The kinetics of uptake in the experiments reveals half-lives ~10 h. The extent of partition onto the plastic pellets was similar for pyrene and phenanthrene, though lower for acenaphthene. This was not surprising because the octanol-water distribution coefficient of acenaphthene is about an order of magnitude smaller than that of pyrene, suggesting it is less hydrophobic. The PAHs are distributed most strongly into PP but only weakly into PVC. The fragmentation and oxidation of microplastics means that they sorb increasing amounts of organic material as they age.
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MDPI AG
