PMID- 34198063 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211004 LR - 20211004 IS - 1879-1298 (Electronic) IS - 0045-6535 (Linking) VI - 284 DP - 2021 Dec TI - Fabrication of anti-scaling HDPE/fluorinated acrylate polymer/nano-silica composite for landfill leachate piping system. PG - 131302 LID - S0045-6535(21)01774-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131302 [doi] AB - Clogging generally happens to the leachate piping system, which poses a risk to the environment. A low surface energy nanocomposite is prepared to mitigate the cloggings, by adding the fluorinated acrylate polymer and hydrophobically modified nano-silica into high-density polyethylene (HDPE) substrate. The best addition of the fluorinated acrylate polymer and the nano-silica is given as 15% and 5%, to produce the composite with a low surface energy of 29.4 mJ/m(2). Through the characterization of contact angle (CA), electrochemical corrosion, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS), atomic force microscope (AFM) and thermogravimetry (TG), the composite shows low wettability, good corrosion resistance and thermal stability. The surface hydrophobic property of the composite remains unchanged after being immersed in an acidic (pH = 2) and an alkaline (pH = 12) solution, indicating that the prepared composite has strong adaptability to the extreme environments. In addition, the composite shows better anti-scaling performance than that of the commercial high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe materials by application of a dispensing leachate immersion test. The results provide insights into engineering practice for the design and manufacture of pipe materials for leachate collection and transport. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Min AU - Li M AD - Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 611756, China. FAU - Zhao, Rui AU - Zhao R AD - Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 611756, China. Electronic address: ruizhaoswjtu@hotmail.com. FAU - Yang, Tianxue AU - Yang T AD - State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China. FAU - Ma, Sude AU - Ma S AD - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, 610039, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210622 PL - England TA - Chemosphere JT - Chemosphere JID - 0320657 RN - 0 (Acrylates) RN - 0 (Fluorocarbon Polymers) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 7631-86-9 (Silicon Dioxide) RN - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene) SB - IM MH - Acrylates MH - Fluorocarbon Polymers MH - *Polyethylene MH - Silicon Dioxide MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical OTO - NOTNLM OT - Clogging OT - Composite OT - Fluorinated acrylate copolymer OT - HDPE OT - Leachate OT - Surface energy EDAT- 2021/07/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/05 06:00 CRDT- 2021/07/01 20:19 PHST- 2021/04/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/01 20:19 [entrez] AID - S0045-6535(21)01774-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131302 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemosphere. 2021 Dec;284:131302. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131302. Epub 2021 Jun 22.