On the integrity of a commercial cassette ultrafiltration membrane: implications for marine colloidal biogeochemistry  

作　　者：LIN Liangshi CAI Yihua SUN Xiuwu CHEN Min 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University [2]Third Institute of Oceanography,State Oceanic Administration

出　　处：《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》2014年第9期109-116,共8页海洋学报（英文版）

基　　金：The National Basic Research Program(973 Program)sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology under contract Nos 2014CB953700 and 2014CB953702;the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 40906040 and 41276063;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China;the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China under contract No.2011J01277;the Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry of State Oceanic Administration of China under contract No.LMEB201103;the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,Education of Ministry of China

摘　　要：The performance and integrity of a cassette cross-flow ultrafilter （Pellicon 2, Millipore） are examined with a suite of macromolecules of different molecular masses. The retention coefficient during the cross-flow ultrafiltration experiments increases with increasing molecular mass and reaches 90% with 10 kDa dextran in both milli-Q water and ultrafiltered seawater media. Based on a 90% retention coefficient, the molecular mass cut-off for the ultrafiltration membrane is defined at 10 kDa, which is ten times （1 kDa） that rated by the manufacturer. To further validate the accuracy of the laboratory calibration, the samples from the lower Zhujiang River and the Jiulong River Estuary are ultrafiltered with the cassette ultrafiltration membrane and the colloidal organic carbon abundances in these samples are quantified with the ultrafiltration per- meation model based on time series permeation subsamples. The colloidal organic carbon abundances are 5.8%-21.1% in the Jiulong River Estuary and 5.6%-11.0% in the lower Zhujiang River. These are consistent with the reported values for both estuaries as well as with the colloidal organic carbon abundances in ma- rine environments over the coastal and open oceans with 10 kDa cut-off membranes. Therefore, these field data support the laboratory calibration result and indicate the validity of the experimental and quantification procedure adopted. The discrepancy between the nominal molecular mass cut-off and the actual pore size of the ultrafiltration membrane should be of great concern for research in colloidal and nanoparticle biogeochemistry. Careflfl examination of the membrane integrity should be taken during ultrafiltration ex- oeriments in order to avoid misleading molecular mass cut-off information.The performance and integrity of a cassette cross-flow ultrafilter （Pellicon 2, Millipore） are examined with a suite of macromolecules of different molecular masses. The retention coefficient during the cross-flow ultrafiltration experiments increases with increasing molecular mass and reaches 90% with 10 kDa dextran in both milli-Q water and ultrafiltered seawater media. Based on a 90% retention coefficient, the molecular mass cut-off for the ultrafiltration membrane is defined at 10 kDa, which is ten times （1 kDa） that rated by the manufacturer. To further validate the accuracy of the laboratory calibration, the samples from the lower Zhujiang River and the Jiulong River Estuary are ultrafiltered with the cassette ultrafiltration membrane and the colloidal organic carbon abundances in these samples are quantified with the ultrafiltration per- meation model based on time series permeation subsamples. The colloidal organic carbon abundances are 5.8%-21.1% in the Jiulong River Estuary and 5.6%-11.0% in the lower Zhujiang River. These are consistent with the reported values for both estuaries as well as with the colloidal organic carbon abundances in ma- rine environments over the coastal and open oceans with 10 kDa cut-off membranes. Therefore, these field data support the laboratory calibration result and indicate the validity of the experimental and quantification procedure adopted. The discrepancy between the nominal molecular mass cut-off and the actual pore size of the ultrafiltration membrane should be of great concern for research in colloidal and nanoparticle biogeochemistry. Careflfl examination of the membrane integrity should be taken during ultrafiltration ex- oeriments in order to avoid misleading molecular mass cut-off information.

关 键 词：cross-flow ultrafiltration membrane calibration colloidal organic carbon Iiulong RiverEstuary Zhujiang River Estuary 

分 类 号：P736.4[天文地球—海洋地质] P343.1[天文地球—海洋科学]