WO2020206528A1 - Method for remediating polyfluorocarbon-contaminated soil - Google Patents
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Definitions
- the invention relates to remediation of contaminated soil. More specifically, the invention relates to remediation of soil contaminated with persistent, manufactured, fluorocarbon compounds, such as per- and/or polyfluoroalkyl substances.
- PFAS Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
- PFAS compounds represent a group of manufactured fluorinated organic compounds that have been used in industrial applications and consumer products since the 1950s. Their excellent surface-active properties, including hydrophobicity, lipophobicity and hydrophilicity have made PFAS compounds ideal for use in a number of oil and water repellent products for application in the surface treatment of textiles, leathers, fibres and carpets; in food packaging and cooking ware materials; as additives to photographic films, hydraulic fuels, electronics, surfactants, and acid mist suppressants; and in fire-fighting foams such as aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF).
- AFFF aqueous film-forming foams
- AFFF AFFF are the fire suppressants to combat severe fuel fires, such as the 2013 Lac-Megantic crude oil train derailment disaster.
- Airports and firefighting training areas (FFTAs) have used AFFF for decades to extinguish fires and to perform training drills.
- PFAS compounds are highly stable and persistent in the environment, resultantly, the soils of many airports and firefighting training facilities are contaminated with PFAS.
- Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are two of the most commonly detected, long chain (C > 8) PFAS found in AFFF contaminated soil.
- PFOS and PFOA have been identified as emerging contaminants of concern by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and PFOS is listed in Annex B of persistent organic pollutants by the Swiss Convention.
- PFOS and PFOA are recalcitrant and resistant to conventional remediation strategies due to the strength of the carbon-fluorine bond and shielding size of fluorine atoms.
- Fluorinated surfactants adsorb to soil, via both hydrophobic attraction to organic carbon and electrostatic interactions from the anionic head group.
- PFAS immunosuppressant effects.
- PFAS bind to proteins so they build up in the liver and kidneys. Since these compounds are lipophobic, they do not enter fatty-tissues the way many other organic contaminants may.
- PFAS impacted soil is a continuous source of contamination to groundwater, which threatens supplies of drinking water as well as ecosystems.
- options for treating or remediating PFAS-contaminated sites are limited.
- practical and large-scale remedial strategies available for PFAS-contaminated soil include encapsulation, excavation to landfill (where permissible), and excavation for incineration.
- Encapsulation methods only act to reduce risk of exposure. Of these, only incineration destroys PFAS, but this method risks atmospheric emission of uncharacterized fluorinated by products, some of which are likely to be fluorinated greenhouse gasses.
- Neither encapsulation nor incineration are cost effective and both impose significant logistical and safety concerns. Consequently, there is a need for a low-risk, effective, and economically viable remediation technology to reduce the risk of PFAS-contaminated soil to communities, wildlife, and the environment.
- the invention provides a method for remediating PFAS-contaminated soil, comprising disposing PFAS-contaminated soil into a ball mill, and operating the ball mill until the PFAS- contaminated soil becomes substantially free of PFAS contaminants.
- the invention provides a method for remediating PFAS-contaminated soil, comprising disposing PFAS-contaminated soil into a ball mill, and operating the ball mill until soil that is substantially free of PFAS contaminants is obtained.
- the method is conducted in the absence of base (e.g., KOH, NaOH).
- the method further comprises adding drying agents to the ball mill, and rotating the ball mill until the hydration level of the PFAS-contaminated soil is in a selected range.
- the ball mill is a horizontal ball mill or a long roll ball mill.
- the method further comprises disposing a plurality of milling balls in the ball mill prior to rotating the ball mill.
- the method further comprises disposing a gas into the ball mill.
- the gas is continuously disposed into the ball mill while the ball mill is rotating.
- the gas is air, argon, nitrogen, helium, or a combination thereof.
- the disposing of a plurality of milling balls occurs once the PFAS-contaminated soil has a selected hydration level.
- the method further comprises disposing a milling additive in the ball mill.
- the milling additive comprises a co-milling agent, a drying additive, or a combination thereof.
- the co-milling agent comprises potassium hydroxide (KOH), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), calcium oxide (CaO), silicon dioxide (Si0 2 ), talc, aluminum oxide (AI2O3), sand or a combination thereof.
- the drying additive comprises sodium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium hydroxide, copper sulphate, phosphorus pentoxide, potassium hydroxide, silica gel, lithium bromide, lithium chloride, or a combination thereof.
- the method further comprises removing debris and bulk natural organic and inorganic matter from the PFAS-contaminated soil prior to transferring the PFAS-contaminated soil to the ball mill.
- the co-milling agent may be a defluorination agent that is added to PFAS-contaminated soil in a ratio of about 0:1 to about 1:1.
- the milling balls are added in a mass ratio of milling balls to PFAS- contaminated soil of about 20:1.
- the PFAS-contaminated soil comprises perfluoroalkyl substances.
- the PFAS-contaminated soil comprises polyfluoroalkyl substances. In one embodiment, the PFAS-contaminated soil comprises PFBA (perfluorobutanoic acid), PFBS
- the fluorotelomer comprises 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate (FTS).
- FTS fluorotelomer sulfonate
- the PFAS substances are present in the PFAS- contaminated soil in a range of about 0.5 parts per billion (ppb) to about 40 parts per million (ppm). In one embodiment, the PFAS substances are present in the PFAS-contaminated soil in an amount of about 5 ppm.
- the remediation is conducted in the absence of a hydroxide base (i.e., with no added KOH nor IMaOH). In one embodiment, the remediation is conducted in the presence of a hydroxide base selected from KOH, NaOH, or a combination thereof.
- soil comprises bulk natural inorganic matter, bulk natural organic matter, solid material, porous material, concrete, asphalt, or granular activated carbon materials.
- Fig. 1 shows a flowchart outlining embodiments of the invention.
- Fig. 2A shows normalized degradation profiles for 15g of dry contaminated sand having no KOH additive, where the contamination is PFOS ( A ), or PFOA ( ⁇ ).
- Fig. 2B shows normalized degradation profiles for 40g of dry contaminated sand having no KOH additive, where the contamination is PFOS ( A), or PFOA ( ⁇ ).
- Fig. 2C shows normalized degradation profiles for 15g of water-saturated contaminated sand having no KOH additive, where the contamination is PFOS ( A ), or PFOA ( ⁇ ).
- Fig. 2D shows normalized degradation profiles for 40g of water-saturated contaminated sand having no KOH additive, where the contamination is PFOS ( A ), or PFOA ( ⁇ ).
- Fig. 2E shows normalized degradation profiles for 15g of dry contaminated sand having KOH additive (10 g), where the contamination is PFOS ( A ), or PFOA ( ⁇ ).
- Fig. 2F shows normalized degradation profiles for 40g of dry contaminated sand having KOH additive (10 g), where the contamination is PFOS ( A), or PFOA ( ⁇ ).
- Fig. 2G shows normalized degradation profiles for 15g of water-saturated contaminated sand having KOH additive (10 g), where the contamination is PFOS ( A ), or PFOA ( ⁇ ).
- Fig. 2H shows normalized degradation profiles for 40g of water-saturated contaminated sand having KOH additive (10 g), where the contamination is PFOS ( A ), or PFOA ( ⁇ ).
- Fig. 3 shows a geometric view of the 23 factorial experimental design, presenting the mass of sand (g), mass of KOH (g) and hydration level (%) on the x, y and z axes, respectively.
- Fig. 4 shows a graph of concentration of various PFAS compounds vs. milling time for 15 g dry spiked sand in the presence of 10 g KOH.
- Figs. 5A and 5B show destruction profiles for (A) AFFF impacted sands (B) AFFF impacted clays.
- Fig. 6 shows a plot of percentage PFOS destruction versus treatment parameters for FFTA sand using a long roll ball mill (ball mill parameters included sand, a grinding ball size of 2.86 cm, a charge ratio of 10:1, a reagent ratio of 4:1 (sand:KOH), and a speed of 47 RPM).
- Fig. 7 A shows a plot of concentration PFOS versus ball milling time in FFTA sand using a unitized ball mill.
- Fig. 7B shows a plot of concentration PFOS versus ball milling time in FFTA clay using a unitized ball mill.
- soil refers generally to any solid or porous material or media that may be contaminated with PFAS and may be treated according to the methods described herein.
- Soil may comprise bulk natural inorganic matter and/or bulk natural organic matter.
- Soil may comprise solid or porous material that is not naturally-occurring, such as concrete, asphalt and granular activated carbon materials.
- bulk natural inorganic matter refers to matter that is not derived from animal or plant origins found within natural terrestrial environments, such as boulders, rocks, gravel, sand, clay, stones, sediment, etc.
- bulk natural organic matter refers to matter derived from animal or plant origins found within natural terrestrial environments, such as trees, plants, grasses, root materials, humus, etc.
- co-milling agent refers to a material that forms surface plasmas upon the breakage of certain intramolecular bonds. Such material may assist with defluorination of fluorinated compounds such as PFAS compounds
- co-milling agent i.e., defluorination agents
- examples of co-milling agent include, but are not limited to, potassium hydroxide (KOH), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and calcium oxide (CaO), sand, granite, quartz porphyries, feldspar, talc, aluminum oxide, KOH, NaOH, Si0 2 , porphyries, or a combination thereof.
- hygroscopic substance refers to a substance that readily attracts water from its surroundings, through either absorption or adsorption.
- PFAS generally refers to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
- PFAS-contaminated soil refers to soil that has been contaminated with per- and/or polyfluoroalkyl substances.
- PFAS-contaminated site refers to an area of land that has per- and/or polyfluoroalkyl substances in its surface and subsurface soils, sediments, aquifer materials, and/or groundwater.
- perfluoroalkyl substance refers to a class of manufactured fluorinated hydrocarbon chemicals that are fully fluorinated.
- polyfluoroalkyl substance refers to a class of manufactured fluorinated hydrocarbon chemicals that are not fully fluorinated.
- QL quantification limit meaning the lowest quantity of a substance that can be distinguished from the absence of that substance.
- treated soil refers to PFAS-contaminated soil that has been treated or remediated such that the level of PFAS contamination in the soil is less than it was prior to being treated or remediated.
- Embodiments degrade, destroy, and/or alter PFAS in the soil such that resulting treated soil has substantially no PFAS and may conform with local guidelines for PFAS contamination.
- PFAS perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.
- Such substances include perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid
- the fluorotelomer comprises fluorotelomer sulfonate (FTS).
- the PFAS substances are present in the PFAS-contaminated soil in a range of about 0.5 parts per billion (ppb) to about 40 parts per million (ppm). In one embodiment, the PFAS substances are present in the PFAS-contaminated soil in an amount of about five parts per million (ppm). Results described herein show that the methods are effective for a variety of soil types (e.g., soils including sand and clay) and for a range of contamination levels and types of PFAS.
- soil types e.g., soils including sand and clay
- PFAS-spiked sand samples as well as samples of soils that were retrieved from a site known to be contaminated with AFFF were remediated using the methods and resulted in significant reductions in the levels of PFAS-contamination in the soils being treated.
- PPFAS-contaminated soil may be removed from a PFAS- contaminated site by manual shoveling, excavation using a machine (i.e., backhoe, excavator, bulldozer), hydro excavation, etc.
- a machine i.e., backhoe, excavator, bulldozer
- Debris and/or large bulk natural organic and/or inorganic matter, such as trees, plants, grasses, root material, humus, boulders, rocks, stones, etc., that may be present in the PFAS- contaminated soil may be removed by manual extraction, sifting, filtering, etc. After removal of such debris, the PFAS-contaminated soil is transferred into a ball milling device.
- PFAS-contaminated soil is tested to determine its moisture content.
- Techniques for determining moisture content include gravimetric measurement, frequency domain reflectometry, time domain transmission, time domain reflectometry, soil resistivity, neutron moisture gauges, and galvanic cells.
- For soil that has a high hydration level drying the soil to a lower hydration level has been shown to improve the efficiency of the subsequent remediation process.
- the soil is disposed in a ball mill, and then the hydration level is determined. Once the hydration level is determined, if the hydration level is quite high, then the hydration level is lowered by drying the soil either partially or fully.
- drying agents include: sodium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium hydroxide, copper sulphate, phosphorus pentoxide, potassium hydroxide, silica gel, lithium bromide, lithium chloride, or any combination thereof.
- soil is allowed to air dry.
- the PFAS-contaminated soil is first dried in, or outside of, the ball milling device. Drying can be done by milling the PFAS-contaminated soil (in the absence of milling balls) for a specified period of time or until the moisture content of the PFAS- contaminated soil falls below the threshold level.
- a gas is introduced into the ball milling device to accelerate the rate of drying. Examples of suitable gases include, but are not limited to, air, nitrogen, argon, and helium. The gas can be heated if even faster drying rates are desired.
- a drying additive is added to the ball milling process.
- a hygroscopic substance e.g., potassium hydroxide (KOH)
- KOH potassium hydroxide
- the drying additive is added to the PFAS-contaminated soil prior to and/or during the ball milling process and acts to reduce the moisture content of the PFAS-contaminated soil through hygroscopy.
- suitable drying agents include, but are not limited to, sodium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium hydroxide, copper sulphate, phosphorus pentoxide, potassium hydroxide, silica gel, lithium bromide, and lithium chloride.
- the effectiveness of ball milling on treating or remediating PFAS- contaminated soil is affected by the initial moisture content of the PFAS-contaminated soil.
- a moisture content of the PFAS-contaminated soil is determined prior to remediation as this will inform subsequent processing conditions.
- remediation by ball milling can proceed without any additional steps or additives.
- a remediation step is performed wherein the ball mill is operated until the PFAS-contaminated soil becomes treated soil that has substantially no PFAS- contamination (e.g., 99% or greater reduction from initial levels).
- remediation refers to a reduction of amount of PFAS in a sample to a level that meets or exceeds local guidelines (see, e.g., Table 1 of Milley, S.A., et al., Journal of Environmental Management 222:122-131, 2018).
- Ball milling devices include horizontal ball mill, planetary ball mill, high-energy ball mill, and industrial ball mill devices. In one embodiment, the ball mill is a horizontal ball mill.
- remediation is conducted by rotating the soil in the absence of milling balls, until the soil is remediated.
- a plurality of milling balls is added to the ball mill and then the ball mill is rotated.
- milling balls are added to the ball milling device so that a ratio of mass of milling balls to mass of PFAS-contaminated soil, which may include milling additives, was about 20:1.
- a suggested charge ratio i.e., mass of milling balls to mass of PFAS-contaminated soil, which includes any milling additives
- rotation of the ball mill starts, it proceeds for a specified period of time or until testing of the PFAS-contaminated soil demonstrates a reduced level of PFAS contamination.
- the remediated soil is removed from the ball mill and, if drying agent was used, optionally the drying agent is separated from the treated soil.
- FIPLC-MS/MS e.g., triple quadrupole MS
- FIPLC-MS/MS e.g., triple quadrupole MS
- Fluoride and other ions have been shown to be present in the remediated soil.
- a co-milling agent is added to the PFAS-contaminated soil prior to or during the ball milling process to promote remediation of the PFAS-contaminated soil.
- a mechanism of PFAS destruction involves the mechanical breaking of high energy intramolecular bonds which generate reactive surface plasmas that react with the C-F bonds of the PFAS compound, initiating a decomposition reaction that results in defluorination. Consequently, remediation of PFAS-contaminated soil can be accelerated by promoting this destruction mechanism. This acceleration can be accomplished by adding to the ball milling device one or more surface plasma forming additives, referred to herein as co-milling agents.
- suitable co-milling agents include, but are not limited to, sand, granite, quartz porphyries, feldspar, talc, KOH, NaOFI, and aluminum oxides.
- the milling process proceeds until a specified PFAS- contamination target level is achieved.
- the treated soil is then removed from the ball mill and, optionally, the co-milling agent is separated from the treated soil.
- a co-milling agent is added to the PFAS-contaminated soil prior to and/or during the ball milling process to assist or promote the treatment or remediation of the PFAS- contaminated soil.
- a mechanism of PFAS destruction involves defluorination through nucleophilic attack by hydroxides. Consequently, the treatment or remediation of PFAS-contaminated soil can be accelerated by promoting this destruction mechanism.
- This can be accomplished by adding to the ball milling device one or more co-milling agents.
- a ratio of the mass of co-milling agent to mass of PFAS-contaminated soil is between 0:1 and 1:1.
- suitable co-milling agents include, but are not limited to, potassium hydroxide, calcium oxide, silicon dioxide, sodium hydroxide, and iron oxides.
- the ratio of the mass of the co-milling agent to the mass of the PFAS-contaminated soil should be in the range of about 1:1, to about 0.5:1. Milling proceeds until a specified PFAS- contamination target level is achieved. The treated soil is then removed from the ball mill and, optionally, the co-milling agent is separated from the treated soil.
- FIG. 1 a flowchart is shown depicting steps of an embodiment of the remediation method described herein.
- Figs. 2A-H show profiles for samples (15 g or 40 g) of PFOS- or PFOA-contaminated sand that is either dry or water-saturated and that are in the absence or presence of 10 g of KOH additive. All samples had a starting concentration of 5 mg/kg either PFOS or PFOA. It is noted that in Fig. 2F, the amount of PFAS remaining after four hours of milling time was below the detection limit of 0.001 mg/kg.
- FIG. 3 a geometric view is shown of a 23 factorial experimental design, presenting the mass of sand (g), mass of KOH (g) and hydration level (%) on the x, y and z axes, respectively.
- a graph is shown to compare results of the absence and presence of KOH as a co-milling reagent in remediating PFAS spiked sand. It was evaluated without KOH pellets and a high level (10 g) of KOH pellets. KOH pellets (available from J.T. Baker, 87.5%) were used at a KOH:PFAS mass ratio of > 20:1, assuming the initial concentration of PFAS spiked sand was 5 mg/kg. Water saturation studies were conducted to investigate the impact of fluid filled pore space. Dry (0% deionized water content) and fully saturated (100% deionized water content) were selected as the low and high levels, respectively.
- FIGs. 7A and 7B plots are shown of concentration PFOS versus ball milling time in FFTA sand and clay using a unitized ball mill. The majority of PFOS destruction occurred within the first hour and was reduced below Canadian human health soil screening guidelines for
- PFOS and PFOA destruction was evaluated using a 2 3 factorial design to permit the analysis of main factor and interaction effects. Milling experiments for eight treatment configurations were performed in duplicate and sampled in duplicate for each of PFOS and PFOA separately. Milling trials were carried out at 275 rpm for 4 hours in a bench top planetary ball mill (Retsch PM 100 with a 250 mL stainless steel grinding jar and ninety 10 mm and ten 15 mm stainless steel grinding balls (total mass 495 g). Samples were collected every 15 minutes within the first hour, and then sampled hourly for the remainder of milling.
- Retsch PM 100 with a 250 mL stainless steel grinding jar and ninety 10 mm and ten 15 mm stainless steel grinding balls (total mass 495 g). Samples were collected every 15 minutes within the first hour, and then sampled hourly for the remainder of milling.
- KOFI potassium hydroxide
- Nepheline syenite sand (20/40) (Unimin Canada Ltd. CAS# 37244-96-5, AhKNaOgSh, porosity 0.43, dry bulk density 1.46 g/cc) was acid washed following procedures used by (Van De Ven and Mumford 2018; Yee, Fein, and Daughney 2000) to remove impurities and fines. The resulting clean sand was dried at 60°C for 48 hours. Sand was spiked to approximately 5 mg-kg 1 PFOS or PFOA using solutions made from reagent grade PFOS (97%, CAS# 1763-23-1) and PFOA (98%, CAS# 335-67-1) purchased from Synquest Laboratories.
- PFOS and PFOA concentrations were reduced by 98% and 99%, respectively, by 4 hours of milling without the addition of a co-milling agent.
- PFOS and PFOA concentrations were reduced by 99% with the addition of KOFI by 4 hours of milling.
- PFOS-spiked nepheline syenite sand at approximately 35 mg ⁇ kg 1 was milled following the same procedure as outlined in Example 1. Higher concentration experiments were conducted with the objective to quantify fluoride concentrations recovered after post milling. Up to 89% of theoretical yield of fluoride was recovered after milling of PFOS-spiked sand indicating full defluorination of PFOS occurred (see Table 4).
- AFFF contaminated soils were obtained from an unlined (i.e., absence of a liner) firefighting training area (FFTA) where fuel based fires had been extinguished for over 50 years.
- PFOS was the highest concentration PFAS detected in the FFTA soils.
- PFSA perfluorosulfonic acids
- petroleum hydrocarbons fluorotelomer sulfonates and fluorotelomer alcohols.
- FFTA sands identified as SI, S2, and S3 were retrieved directly from storage without drying, and had approximately 20% water saturation level. These samples provided examples of environmentally relevant, site-like conditions.
- FFTA clays, identified as Cl, C2, and C3 were dried in a fume hood for two days to eliminate residual moisture to reduce predicted caking. Milling conditions were the same as reported in Example 1. Results are shown in Tables 2 and 3.
- a long roll jar mill (model 803DVM, Norstone, Inc., Bridgeport, Pennsylvania) was used.
- the 803DVM is a 3-tier model, with each roll measuring 121.92 cm in length.
- the overall length of the mill is 144.15 cm, the overall width is 41.91 cm, and the overall height is 153.67 cm.
- Unlined stainless steel (Type 304) grinding jars with internal lifter bars (model 611L, from US Stoneware, East furniture, Ohio) were used.
- the jar size is classified as "6"; these jars have a 36.20 cm diameter, a 26.67 cm height (34.29 overall height including the locking mechanism), and a 20.32 cm opening.
- the corresponding internal volume is 25 L +/- 5 %.
- the weight of each jar is 10.89 kg.
- Sample pH was measured with litmus paper and adjusted to pH 10-12 with 10% sulfuric acid, when required.
- a 750 uL aliquot of the sample was transferred to a pre-weighed HPLC vial.
- Each vial was then spiked with 10 uL of either PFDoA (for the spiked sand experiments) or mass-labelled surrogate (for the FFTA soil experiments) as an internal standard to track HPLC-mass spectrometer (MS) drift.
- PFDoA for the spiked sand experiments
- MS HPLC-mass spectrometer
- PFBuA perfluorobutanoic acid
- PFBS per-fluorobutanesulfonic acid
- PFDA perfluorodecanoic acid
- PFDoA perfluorododecanoic acid
- PFHpA per-fluoroheptanoic acid
- PFHxA perfluorohexanoic acid
- PFHxS perfluorohexanoic acid
- Liquid chromatography was performed on an Agilent 1260 Infinity Series Bio-Inert HPLC system using two mobile phases, HPLC-grade water with ammonium acetate (2 mM) and methanol with ammonium acetate (2 mM), with gradient delivered at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. A 10 uL injection volume was used. A Zorbax Eclipse Plus C18 Column was used in conjunction with a paired guard column. Initial eluent conditions were 94% water and 6% methanol. The percent methanol was ramped up to 100% until 6 minutes, held at 100% until 8 minutes, ramped down until 11 minutes, and the system was given 4 minutes post-run to re-equilibrate the mobile phase and pressure flow.
- Optimal instrumental source parameters were determined and are as follows: ion spray voltage, 4,000*V; curtain gas flow, 35 arbitrary units (au); nebulizer gas flow, 50 au; turbo gas flow, 50 au;
- Nitrogen provided by a NitroFlow Gas Generator System was used for the nebulizer and drier gas, and a nitrogen tank was used as the curtain and collision gas.
- Quantitation was performed using Masshunter Quantitation Software with calibration curves generally having r 2 values greater than 0.99. Limits of quantitation were analyte, matrix, and run- dependent but were approximately 1 ng/g in soil and 0.4 ng/L in aqueous samples.
- sand was weighed into a sterile 15 mL centrifuge tube and 4 mL Dl (deionized) water was added. The sample was shaken for 48 hours and then centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 20 minutes. 1 mL of supernatant was transferred by pipette into a clean 15 mL centrifuge tube. Samples that were milled with KOH were neutralized with 0.5 pL of F)N0 3 . 1.5 mL of total ionic strength adjustment buffer (TISAB)(available from Fisher Scientific) was added. A calibrated fluoride ion specific electrode (ISE) (available from Fisher Scientific Orion) was placed into the sample and measurement was recorded when the value stabilized.
- TISAB total ionic strength adjustment buffer
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