Mechanistic Model Describing the Uptake of Chemicals by Aquatic Integrative Samplers: Comparison to Data and Implications for Improved Sampler Configurations
Mechanistic Model Describing the Uptake of Chemicals by Aquatic Integrative Samplers: Comparison to Data and Implications for Improved Sampler Configurations
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描述水生综合采样器吸收化学品的机制模型:数据比较以及改进采样器配置的意义
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.8b06225
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2019
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Vermeirssen ELM
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Endo S;Matsuura Y;Vermeirssen ELM
Aquatic integrative passive samplers are used to determine aqueous concentrations of polar organic pollutants, yet their uptake mechanisms are poorly understood. We introduce a one-dimensional model to simulate uptake by a passive sampler, Chemcatcher. The model considers the uptake as molecular diffusion through a series consisting of the aqueous boundary layer (ABL), the membrane filter (MF), and the sorbent disk with concurrent sorption by matrix of the MF and the disk. Uptake profiles of ∼20 polar chemicals measured over a week and a month were accurately modeled. Characteristic behaviors such as lag phases, linear and curved uptake, and equilibrating behavior were explained well by the model. As the model is mechanistically based, it was able to show the combined influences of the MF/water (KMF/w) and disk/water (Kdisk/w) partition coefficients, diffusion coefficients, and the ABL thickness on the sampling rates. On the basis of the model results, we offer three concrete recommendations for achieving the linear uptake needed for measuring time-weighted average concentrations: (i) use a MF that does not significantly sorb chemicals (e.g., logKMF/w< 3) to avoid lag phases, (ii) use a sorbent with strong sorption properties (e.g., logKdisk/w> 6) for effective trapping of chemicals on the disk top layer, and (iii) make the ABL and/or the MF thicker so that the diffusion toward the disk slows.