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Settling behaviors of microplastic disks in water

dc.contributor.authorYang, Ge
dc.contributor.authorYu, Zijian
dc.contributor.authorBaki, Abul B. M.
dc.contributor.authorYao, Weiwei
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Matthew S.
dc.contributor.authorChi, Wanqing
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Wenming
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-02T17:57:17Z
dc.date.available2024-02-02T17:57:17Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractMicroplastic (MP) disks have not been studied for settling behaviors in aquatic environments, which affects the transport and fate of MPs. Therefore, settling experiments were conducted on MP disks of three shapes and four common-seen materials. Lighter MP disks (with density ρs = 1.038 g/cm3 and length l ≤ 5 mm) followed rectilinear vertical trajectories, while heavier MP disks (ρs = 1.161–1.343 g/cm3 and l = 5 mm) followed zigzag trajectories with oscillations and rotations. The mean terminal settling velocities of MP disks were 19.6–48.8 mm/s. Instantaneous settling velocities of heavier MP disks fluctuated. Existing formulas could not accurately predict the settling velocity of MP disks; thus, a new model was proposed with an error of 15.5 %. Finally, the Red - I* diagram (Red is the disk Reynolds number and I* is the dimensionless moment of inertia) was extended for MP disks to predict settling trajectories.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/EAQ
dc.identifier.citationGe Yang, Zijian Yu, Abul B. M. Baki, Weiwei Yao, Matthew Ross, Wanqing Chi, & Wenming Zhang (2023). Settling behaviors of microplastic disks in water. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 188: 114657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114657
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114657
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3409
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectmicroplastic disks
dc.subjectsettling velocity
dc.subjecttrajectory
dc.subjectsecondary motion
dc.titleSettling behaviors of microplastic disks in wateren
dc.typeArticle

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