Research Article
Aquatic Toxicity Comparison of Silver Nanoparticles and Silver Nanowires
Table 1
Nominal and actual concentrations of silver during fish toxicity testing.
(a) AgNWs |
| Nominal concentration (mg/L) | 0 | 0.313 | 0.625 | 1.250 | 2.5 | 5 | 10 | Actual concentration after 3 hr | 0 | 0.37 ± 0.05 | 0.71 ± 0.03 | 1.10 ± 0.04 | 3.68 ± 0.53 | 7.34 ± 0.68 | 12.39 ± 1.10 | Actual concentration after 96 hr | 0 | 0.31 ± 0.04 | 0.55 ± 0.06** | 0.93 ± 0.06** | 3.06 ± 0.24 | 5.35 ± 0.56** | 11.34 ± 0.63 |
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, 3 hr versus 96 hr by Student’s -test. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
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(b) AgNPs |
| Nominal concentration (mg/L) | 0 | 0.313 | 0.625 | 1.250 | 2.5 | 5 | 10 | Actual concentration after 3 hr () | 0 | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 0.53 ± 0.04 | 1.03 ± 0.06 | 2.27 ± 0.31 | 4.89 ± 0.43 | 10.29 ± 0.51 | Actual concentration after 96 hr () | 0 | 0.24 ± 0.02** | 0.66 ± 0.05* | 0.82 ± 0.07* | 1.99 ± 0.25 | 4.13 ± 0.48 | 8.26 ± 0.78* |
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, 3 hr versus 96 hr; , 3 hr versus 96 hr by Student’s -test. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
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