Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are pervasive man-made chemicals that include PFOA, PFNA, and others, that have deleterious effects on the environment and the human body. GenX was recently developed as a replacement, however there is a lack of data on treatment options and analytical difficulty. The goals of this project were to create and test a method to measure C13 tagged GenX concentrations using ICP-MS and evaluate treatment of GenX in water using Purolite Purofine PFA694E ion exchange resin. The treatment results showed up to 3.867 ppm of GenX was successfully removed from water, providing a 0.023 mg GenX/g resin absorption capacity. The results illustrate that the chosen resin was effective for treatment and the ICP-MS method can quantify GenX during treatment trials.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Doskos, Gabriela F.

Subject

• Water
• Health
• Community
• Project-Based Learning
• Environment
• Well-Being
• Innovation

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 23271
• E-project-050621-163221

Mot-clé

• ICP-MS
• Ion Exchange Resin
• PFAS
• GenX

Advisor

• Kmiotek, Stephen J.
• Bergendahl, John Andrew

Year

• 2021

Sponsor

• Professor Kmiotek
• Professor Bergendahl

Date created

• 2021-05-06

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2022-05-16