Table 3.

Relative contribution of particles and shedding ions of AgNPs to toxicity at different effect levels of nanoparticle suspensions.

		50–80 nm nanoplates		15 nm nanospheres		20–40 nm nanospheres		50 nm nanorods
		Conc. (mg/L)	Contrib. (%)	Conc. (mg/L)	Contrib. (%)	Conc. (mg/L)	Contrib. (%)	Conc. (mg/L)	Contrib. (%)
EC20	Particle	0.067	32	0.075	33	0.137	40	0.176	43
	Ion	0.045	68	0.052	67	0.085	60	0.092	57
EC 60	Particle	0.188	53	0.199	55	0.213	58	0.383	62
	Ion	0.087	47	0.144	45	0.184	42	0.194	38
EC80	Particle	0.237	58	0.251	61	0.260	62	0.447	68
	Ion	0.118	42	0.152	39	0.203	38	0.310	32
EC 90	Particle	0.307	60	0.327	63	0.389	64	0.708	68
	Ion	0.182	40	0.193	37	0.209	36	0.467	32