Effects of clay minerals on the transport of polystyrene nanoplastic in groundwater

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 223; p. 118978
• Main Authors: Ye, Xinyao, Cheng, Zhou, Wu, Ming, Hao, Yanru, Lu, Guoping, Hu, Bill X., Mo, Cehui, Li, Qusheng, Wu, Jianfeng, Wu, Jichun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Clay minerals; DLVO interaction energy; Groundwater; Nano-plastic; Transport model; DLVO interaction energy; Clay minerals; Groundwater; Transport model; Nano-plastic

•Clay minerals have an important influence on the mobility of PSNPs in porous media.•KL has the strongest inhibition effect on the mobility of PSNPs, followed by MT and IL.•The 2D distribution of DDLVO interaction energy is obtained to quantify the critical ionic strength.•k and Smax linearly decrea...