Fig. 1: Distribution of 107 PFAS species in fluorochemical wastewater. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Distribution of 107 PFAS species in fluorochemical wastewater.

From: Broad-spectrum capture of hundreds of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from fluorochemical wastewater

Fig. 1

a–c Classification (a), concentrations (b), and chain length (c) distribution of the assessed 107 PFAS. The inset in (c) illustrates the numbers of sulfonic PFAS (R-SO3H), carboxylic PFAS (R-COOH), long-chain PFAS (≥ C7), and short-chain PFAS (<C7). Wastewater samples were collected from the reverse osmosis concentrate of mixed effluents from polymer fluoropolymers production plants of a mega fluorochemical industrial park in China. The 107 PFAS included 9 PFCA, 32 H-PFAA, 52 Ether-PFAA, 9 Cl-PFAA, and 5 I-PFAA. The quantification of PFAS concentration were performed using liquid chromatography Orbitrap mass spectrometry, and the total concentration of 107 PFAS was determined to be 36 mg L−1 or 117.8 µM.

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