Adsorption of perfluoroalkyl substances to solid soil interface to elucidate environmental pathways

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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are stable compounds and commercially desirable. They are widely used, for example, as surfactants in textile and paper products and in aqueous fire fighting foams. PFASs have received increasing public attention due to their persistency and bioaccumulative and toxic potential. The present proposal aims to use neutron reflection to investigate the adsorption of two perfluoroalkyl substances to an alumina/water interface. This interface can be used as a model for mineral soil material. The use of one of these PFASs has been banned, but due to its persistence it will remain an environmental pollutant for many decades to come. Contrary, no regulatory measures are in force for the other one, and it is presently in use in industrial processes.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24090212
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24090212
Provenance
Creator Dr Maja Hellsing; Dr Sarah Josefsson; Dr Lutz Ahrens; Dr Peixun Li; Dr Majority Habauka Kwaambwa; Professor Adrian Rennie; Miss Joanna Hemming; Dr Katherine Thompson
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-03-17T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-07-28T20:53:53Z