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Removal of Contaminants from Water.
Summary
This study prepared microplastic samples by abrading common plastics including PS, PTFE, PA, PET, PE, and others to simulate environmental microplastic particles, then characterized them using SEM, Raman, and IR spectroscopy. The resulting fingerprint library supports standardized characterization of real environmental microplastics.
This study deals with commonly used plastics; polystyrene (PS), polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE), polyamide (PA), polyethylene glycol terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE), etc. Microplastic samples were prepared by abrasion from commonly available plastics to simulate real microplastic occurrence in the environment. Prepared samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy (IR) to obtain their fingerprints. These characteristics can be applied as standards for characterization of real microplastics.