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Condition Details

Reference
Wu, B., Hao, S., Choi, Y., Higgins, C., P., Deeb, R., and Strathmann, T.J. (2019) Rapid destruction and defluorination of perfluorooctanesulfonate by alkaline hydrothermal reaction. - Environmental Science and Technology Letters
Scope
Hydrothermal Treatment | Lab | Other: Water spiked with PFOS
Treatment Temperature (°C)
350
Treatent Time
480
Time Units
Minute
Treatment Details
Reaction conditions: PFOS (50 mg/L) and NaOH amendment (1,2.5, and 5 mol/L) in water at 350 °C for 0−480 min.

Thermal Treatment Results

PFOS≈83.4% ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~10 minutes for 1M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.
PFOS≈73% ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~25 minutes for 1M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.
PFOS≈11.3% ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~90 minutes for 1M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.
PFOS≈69.8% ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~10 minutes for 2.5M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.
PFOS≈14.1% ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~25 minutes for 2.5M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.
PFOS≈0.1% ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~90 minutes for 2.5M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.
PFOS≈6.6% ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~10 minutes for 5M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.
PFOS≈0.2% ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~25 minutes for 5M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.
PFOSND ≈50 mg/L Timepoint ~90 minutes for 5M NAOH amendment. Interpolated from top plot in Figure 2.