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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.044
Titel (primär) Alcohol ethoxylate mixtures in marine sediment: competition for adsorption sites affects the sorption behaviour of individual homologues
Autor Droge, S.T.J.; Hermens, J.L.M.
Quelle Environmental Pollution
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
Department AUC
Band/Volume 158
Heft 10
Seite von 3116
Seite bis 3122
Sprache englisch
Keywords Nonionic surfactants; Mixtures; Competitive adsorption; Dual-mode model
Abstract Mineral surfaces form the main sorption phase for alcohol ethoxylates (AEs) in marine sediment. Competition for adsorption sites is investigated for marine sediment and kaolinite clay using simple mixtures of AE homologues. For both sorbents, adsorption sites on mineral surfaces can be effectively blocked by an AE homologue with the strongest adsorption affinity. The strongly adsorbed AE, however, forms a second sorption phase to which weakly adsorbing AE will sorb, forming bilayers. An extended dual-mode model accounts for competition effects, while still based on sorption properties of individual compounds. Competition effects become apparent when total adsorbed concentrations reach 10% of the adsorption capacity. Deviations from individual sorption isotherms depend on affinity constants and dissolved homologue composition. Competition will not often occur in contaminated field sediments, with AEs concentrations usually far below the adsorption capacity, but will affect sorption studies, sediment toxicity tests or applications with nonionic surfactant mixtures.
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Droge, S.T.J., Hermens, J.L.M. (2010):
Alcohol ethoxylate mixtures in marine sediment: competition for adsorption sites affects the sorption behaviour of individual homologues
Environ. Pollut. 158 (10), 3116 - 3122 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.044