title: [Sorption of atrazine onto nano-SiO2 and nano-kaolin particles].
abstract: With the widespread application of nano-materials, more and more attentions are paid to the potential environmental effects of the nano-materials and their roles in the transport and transformation processes of organic pollutants. The sorption behaviors of atrazine onto nano-SiO2 and nano-kaolin were studied using a batch equilibration method, and the influences of ionic strength, sorbents concentration and pH were also investigated. The results showed that the sorption of atrazine onto nano-SiO2 and nano-kaolin decreased with the increase of ionic strength. Freundlich coefficient (Kf) of nano-SiO2 and nano-kaolin decreased from 25.55 to 18.35 and from 85.85 to 20.57 respectively when ionic strength increased from 0.001 mol x L(-1) to 0.1 mol x L(-1). The variation in concentration of nano-SiO2 had no significant influence on the sorption of atrazine. However, Kf decreased from 71.55 to 37.22 when the concentration of nano-kaolin increased from 5 g x L(-1) to 20 g x L(-1). With the increase of pH, the sorption of atrazine onto the two nano-particles decreased obviously, which indicated the speciation change of atrazine was the dominant factor controlling its sorption processes on two nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. liying8403@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jia-juan
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Bao-you
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yu-ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wu