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- Title
Investigation of Two Magnetic Permanently Confined Micelle Array Sorbents Using Nonionic and Cationic Surfactants for the Removal of PAHs and Pesticides from Aqueous Media.
- Authors
Clark, Kristin; Keller, Arturo
- Abstract
Surfactants have been used for environmental remediation to remove hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) in water and soil. However, there are limited studies on the use of surfactants in confined micelle arrays to remove pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from water. We studied the recovery of HOCs using two confined surfactants: nonionic Triton X-100 and cationic 3-(trimethoxysily)propyl-octadecyldimethyl-ammonium chloride (TPODAC). The micelle arrays were confined on a mesoporous silica matrix deposited onto a magnetic iron core. These magnetic, dispersible sorbents can be used to recover HOCs, minimizing the application of surfactants when compared to soil-washing techniques. The TPODAC-based sorbent had better average recovery of the HOCs studied compared to the Triton-X sorbent, and was, in general, comparable to activated carbon. It performed well with the chlorinated pesticides, in part due to additional interactions between the cationic sites and the polar compounds.
- Subjects
MICELLES; SORBENTS; NONIONIC surfactants; CATIONIC surfactants; POLYCYCLIC aromatic hydrocarbons; AMMONIUM chloride; ENVIRONMENTAL remediation; AQUEOUS solutions
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2012, Vol 223, Issue 7, p3647
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-012-1138-0