J 2020

Diffusion coefficients of polar organic compounds in agarose hydrogel and water and their use for estimating uptake in passive samplers

URÍK, Jakub, Albrecht PASCHKE and Branislav VRANA

Basic information

Original name

Diffusion coefficients of polar organic compounds in agarose hydrogel and water and their use for estimating uptake in passive samplers

Authors

URÍK, Jakub (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Albrecht PASCHKE (276 Germany) and Branislav VRANA (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Chemosphere, OXFORD, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2020, 0045-6535

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 7.086

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00116068

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000527935600080

Keywords in English

Diffusion coefficient; Passive sampling; DGT; Polar organic compounds; Agarose hydrogel; Taylor dispersion

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 2/11/2020 10:19, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Diffusion coefficient (D) is an important parameter for prediction of micropollutant uptake kinetics in passive samplers. Passive samplers are nowadays commonly used for monitoring trace organic pollutants in different environmental matrices. Samplers utilising a hydrogel layer to control compound diffusion are gaining popularity. In this work we investigated diffusion of several perfluoroalkyl substances, currently used pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in 1.5% agarose hydrogel by measuring diffusion coefficients using two methods: a diffusion cell and a sheet stacking technique. Further, diffusion coefficients in water were measured using Taylor dispersion method. The sheet stacking method was used to measure D at 5, 12, 24, and 33 degrees C in order to investigate temperature effect on diffusion. Median D values ranged from 2.0 to 8.6 x 10(-6) cm(2) s(-1) and from 2.1 to 8.5 x 10(-6) cm(2) s(-1) for the diffusion cell and sheet stack methods respectively. For most compounds, the variability between replicates was higher than the difference between values obtained by the two methods. Rising temperature from 10 to 20 degrees C increases the diffusion rate by the factor of 1.41 +/- 0.10 in average. In water, average D values ranged from 3.03 to 10.0 x 10(-6) cm(2) s(-1) and were comparable to values in hydrogel, but some compounds including perfluoroalkyl substances with a long aliphatic chain could not be evaluated properly due to sorptive interactions with capillary walls in the Taylor dispersion method. Sampling rates estimated using the measured D values were systematically higher than values estimated from laboratory sampler calibration in our previously published study, by the factor of 2.2 +/- 1.0 in average.

Links

EF16_013/0001761, research and development project
Name: RECETOX RI
LM2018121, research and development project
Name: Výzkumná infrastruktura RECETOX (Acronym: RECETOX RI)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, RECETOX RI
7AMB16DE004, research and development project
Name: Vývoj a validace pasivních vzorkovacích zařízení pro monitorování emergentních organických znečišťujících látek vodního prostředí (Acronym: PASCAL)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR