Transport of polystyrene nanoplastics in natural soils: Effect of soil properties, ionic strength and cation type

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 707; p. 136065
• Main Authors: Wu, Xiaoli, Lyu, Xueyan, Li, Zhengyu, Gao, Bin, Zeng, Xiankui, Wu, Jichun, Sun, Yuanyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.03.2020
• Subjects: aluminum; aluminum oxide; calcium; cations; desert soils; electrostatic interactions; groundwater; ionic strength; iron; Minerals; Nanoplastics; pollutants; polystyrenes; Retention; risk; sodium; soil minerals; soil pH; soil physical properties; Soils; Transport; pH; Soils; Minerals; Transport; Retention; Nanoplastics

Nanoplastics as emerging pollutants have caused growing concerns and posed potential threats to the environment. Nonetheless, only few studies investigated transport behaviors of nanoplastics in natural soils. In this study, column experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of soil propert...