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Sorption of Pyrene on Different Constituents of Rice Straw in the Presence of Phenanthrene, Benzo[a]pyrene, and Phenols

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Treated and untreated rice straw extensively exists in the soil. In order to elucidate its possible effect on the fate of organic pollutants, sorption of pyrene by rice straw and its main constituents (lignin, cellulose, and hemi-cellulose) were studied, as single solute and in the presence of other co-existing organic pollutants, phenanthrene (Phen), benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), phenol, and pentachlorophenol (PCP). Pyrene showed the greatest sorption on lignin with greater aromaticity and smaller polarity, and the sorption coefficient was almost two orders of magnitude greater than those on cellulose and hemi-cellulose. Bi-solute sorption results showed that Phen, BaP and PCP exhibited apparent competitive sorption with pyrene on the four sorbents; while the existence of phenol promoted the sorption of pyrene on rice straw and lignin but inhibited the sorption on cellulose and hemi-cellulose. For the two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) co-solutes and PCP, hydrophobicity and molecular size played important roles in competition, suggesting the direct competition for hydrophobic sorption sites and pore blockage mechanisms. In contrast, the polar co-solute, phenol showed different effects on pyrene sorption onto the four sorbents, suggesting that multiple interactions between polar organic compounds and sorbents are involved in the sorption.

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This work was supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (973 program, 2014CB441104) and Natural Science Foundation of China (NO.41225014).

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Sun, H., Ren, X. & Zhao, L. Sorption of Pyrene on Different Constituents of Rice Straw in the Presence of Phenanthrene, Benzo[a]pyrene, and Phenols. Water Air Soil Pollut 225, 2048 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2048-0

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