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ArticleJournal of water process engineering2023

Polanyi adsorption potential theory for estimating PFAS treatment with granular activated carbon.

Jonathan B Burkhardt, Adam Cadwallader, Jonathan G Pressman, Matthew L Magnuson, Antony J Williams, Gabriel Sinclair, Thomas F Speth

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Article in Journal of water process engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jonathan B BurkhardtUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Adam CadwalladerUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Washington, DC 20460, USA.
Jonathan G PressmanUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, OH 45268, USA.
Matthew L MagnusonUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Antony J WilliamsUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Gabriel SinclairSyngenta (formerly at, National Student Services Contractor, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA).
Thomas F SpethUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Environmental Protection Agency · USOak Ridge Associated Universities · US

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of chemicals that have gained interest because some PFAS have been shown to have negative health effects and prolonged environmental and biological persistence. Chemicals classified as PFAS have a wide range of chemical moieties that impart widely variable properties, leading to a range of water treatment process efficacies. The Polanyi Potential Adsorption Theory was used to estimate Freundlich isotherm parameters to predict the efficacy of granular activated carbon (GAC) treatment for 428 PFAS chemicals for which the vast majority had no previously published treatment data. This method accounts for the physical/chemical characteristics of the individual PFAS beyond molecular weight or chain length that have previously been employed. From a statistical analysis of available data and model results, many of the 428 PFAS were predicted to be effectively treatable by GAC. Although not directly applicable to full-scale design, the approach demonstrates a systematic method for predicting the effectiveness of GAC where isotherm or column data are not available. This then can be used to prioritize future research.

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Drinking waterGranular activated carbonModelingPFASTreatment

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PMID37234354
PMCPMC10208310
OpenAlexW4362702328

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