. 2021 Apr 27;417:125938. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125938

Table 5.

The adsorption capacity of selected heavy metals and organic pollutants on PE and PVC.

Chemical group	Sorbate	Adsorbent	Conditions	Adsorption capacity (µg/g)	Ref.
Heavy metals	Cd	LDPE microbeads	Artificial seawater, 96 h	10.1^a	(Zon et al., 2020)
	Cr	LDPE microbeads	Artificial seawater, 180 h	1.7^a	(Zon et al., 2018)
	Cr	PE beads	pH 5, shaken in 25 °C, 12 h	1360	(Zhang et al., 2020b)
	Cu	PE MPs	0.01 mol/L NaNO₃, shaken in dark, 25 ℃	31.2^b	(Wang et al., 2021)
	Cu	PE MPs	0.01 mol/L NaNO₃, shaken in dark, 25 ℃	42.6^b^,^c	(Wang et al., 2021)
	Cd	PE MPs	Filtered seawater, 72 h, 22 °C	< 0.8^d	(Besson et al., 2020)
	Cs			< 0.8^d
	Zn			< 0.8^d
PAHs	Phenanthrene	LDPE from mariculture farm	Ultrapure water (with < 0.1% of methanol), shaken orbitally at 150 rpm, 25.0 °C, 48 h	146.4^a	(Wang et al., 2018)
		LDPE from mariculture farm		147.1^e	(Wang et al., 2018)
		PE	25 mg/L NaN₃, < 0.2% of methanol, orbital shaking of 200 rpm in the dark, 20 °C	138.4^a	(Wang and Wang, 2018)
				159.5^e
				69.8^a
		PVC		93.5^e
Pharmaceuticals	Sulfamethoxazole (SMX)	PE	0.01 M CaCl₂ and 0.02% (wt/vol)	45.4^a	(Razanajatovo et al., 2018)
	Sulfamethoxazole (SMX)		0.01 M CaCl₂ and 0.02% (wt/vol)	46.1^e
	Propranolol (PRP)		NaN₃ 24 °C, 96 h	60.4^a
	Propranolol (PRP)			64.4^e
	Sertraline (SER)			81.6^a
	Sertraline (SER)			88.8^e
	Amoxicillin (AMX)	PE	Ultrapure water, 25 °C, shaking speed of 180 rpm, 4 d	131^b	(Li et al., 2018)
	Amoxicillin (AMX)	PVC		523^b
	Ciprofloxacin (CIP)	PE		200^b
	Ciprofloxacin (CIP)	PVC		453^b
	Trimethoprim (TMP)	PE		154^b
	Trimethoprim (TMP)	PVC		481^b
	Levofloxacin	PVC	25 °C, shaking speed of 150 rpm, 216 h	290^a	(Yu et al., 2020)
	Levofloxacin	PVC	25 °C, shaking speed of 150 rpm, 216 h	1740^e	(Yu et al., 2020)
Organophosphate esters	tri-n-butyl phosphate	PE	Seawater, 18 °C, 24 h, particles size 0.01–0.1 mm	1.6	(Chen et al., 2019a)
	tri-n-butyl phosphate	PVC		0.6
	tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate	PE		0.6
	tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate	PVC		1.2
Pesticides	Carbendazim (CAR)	PE	pH 3.85, shaking 180 rpm, 25 °C	10.6^e	(Wang et al., 2020e)
Pesticides	Carbendazim (CAR)			4.4^b
	Dipterex (DIP)			3.2^e
	Dipterex (DIP)			2.9^b
	Diflubenzuron (DIF)			76.7^e
	Diflubenzuron (DIF)			74.1^b
	Malathion (MAL)			19.1^e
	Malathion (MAL)			25.9^b
	Difenoconazole (DIFE)			51.6^e
	Difenoconazole (DIFE)			273.2^b
Odors	Tonalide	PE	Simulated seawater (3.5% NaCl solution), 20 °C, 10 h	0.9^e	(Dong et al., 2019)
	Tonalide	PVC		1.5^e
	Musk xylene	PE		0.9^e
	Musk xylene	PVC		0.9^e
	Galaxolide	PE		1.0^e
	Galaxolide	PVC		1.6^e
	Musk ketone	PE		0.7^e
	Musk ketone	PVC		1.6^e

Pseudo first order model.

Langmuir model.

In the presence of 5 mg/L tetracycline.

Value in %.

Pseudo second order model.