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| Title |
Mechanochemical mineralization of “very persistent” fluorocarbon surfactants ‒ 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate (6:2FTS) as an example
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| Published in |
Scientific Reports, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41598-017-17515-7 |
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| Authors |
Mengnan Lu, Giovanni Cagnetta, Kunlun Zhang, Jun Huang, Gang Yu |
| Abstract |
Fluorinated organic chemicals have a wide variety of industrial and consumer applications. For long time perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid have been used as precursors for manufacture of such chemicals. However, these C8 chain compounds have been demonstrated to be toxic, persistent, and bioaccumulative, thus inducing their phase-out. Currently, C6 telomer based fluorocarbon surfactants are considered better alternatives to C8 products because of their low bioaccumulability. But, their high persistency suggests that in the near future their concentrations will increase in the environment and in industrial waste. Being a solid state non-thermal technology, mechanochemical treatment is a good candidate for the destruction of emerging C6 fluorotelomers in solid waste. In the present study, 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate is effectively destroyed (~100%) in rapid manner (<1 h) by high energy ball milling with KOH. Stoichiometric fluoride formation confirms its entire mineralization, assuring that no toxic by-products are generated. Reaction mechanism and kinetics indicate that effective mineralization of the perfluorinated moiety is obtained thanks to a rapid CF2 "flake-off" process through radical mechanism. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 77 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Unknown | 30 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Environmental Science | 19 | 25% |
| Chemistry | 6 | 8% |
| Engineering | 5 | 6% |
| Chemical Engineering | 3 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 34 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
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