ArticleRSC advances2026
Analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) removal with activated carbon using
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Abstract
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a toxic and environmentally persistent class of chemicals that are associated with a myriad of adverse health effects in humans. Activated carbon is an effective material for the removal of PFAS at water treatment plants, but there is a necessity to find new, superior coal-derived and biomass-derived forms, due to the increasing accumulation of PFAS in treatable water sources and the need to shift to biomass-derived adsorbent usage to offset the carbon emissions released during their production. Additionally, current methods of PFAS detection and quantification utilise expensive and laborious analytical techniques, such as liquid-chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. In this study, four commercial activated carbons (CAC-1, CAC-2, CAC-3 and CAC-4) had their chemical/textural properties characterised and had their PFAS removal performances investigated using four different PFAS types (PFBS, PFHxA, PFOA AND PFOS), with detection and quantification conducted with
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