Data on sorption of organic compounds by aged polystyrene microplastic particles

Thorsten Hüffer; Anne-Katrin Weniger; Thilo Hofmann

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.053

Data on sorption of organic compounds by aged polystyrene microplastic particles

Data Brief. 2018 Mar 16:18:474-479. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.053. eCollection 2018 Jun.

Authors

Thorsten Hüffer¹, Anne-Katrin Weniger¹, Thilo Hofmann¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Vienna, Department of Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Science Research Network, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

Abstract

This article contains data on experimental sorption isotherms of 21 probe sorbates by aged polystyrene microplastics. The polymeric particles were subjected to an UV-induced photo-oxidation procedure using hydrogen peroxide in a custom-made aging chamber. Sorption data were obtained for aged particles. The experimental sorption data was modelled using both single- and poly-parameter linear free-energy relationships. For discussion and interpretation of the presented data, refer to the research article entitled "Sorption of organic compounds by aged polystyrene microplastic particles" (Hüffer et al., 2018) [1].