Maura Mancinelli ¹, Lutz Ahrens ², Björn Bonnet ², Annalisa Martucci ¹
¹ Department of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ferrara, via Saragat, 1, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
² Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Zeolites are crystalline microporous materials characterized by connected tetrahedra (usually Si, Al linked to oxygen atoms) that form three-dimensional (3D) networks of pores, cages, and channels. The aim of the study is to
explore zeolites differing for structure, polarity, and pore and channels geometry. Materials were tested for PFAS adsorption from water among 18 short- and long-chain PFAS solution and four fortified PFAS contaminated real water samples: RW1-F (raw water of drinking water plant), RW2-F (wastewater of wastewater plant), RW3A-F (landfill leachate), RW3B-F (landfill groundwater). Powdered activated carbon (PAC) was tested at the same conditions for comparison. X-ray powder diffraction and thermal analysis were used to assets materials features.