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Application of the Law of Similitude to Hydraulic Laboratory Research
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This paper identifies a fundamental knowledge gap in nanoplastic science and highlights the growing concern over micro- and nanoplastics originating from widespread plastic use. It emphasizes the need for effective analytical tools to close this gap, as current methodologies remain insufficient for characterizing nanoplastics in environmental systems.
Micro-nano plastics originating from the prevalent usage of plastics have raised increasingly alarming concerns worldwide. However, there remains a fundamental knowledge gap in nanoplastics because of the lack of effective analytical ...Plastics are now omnipresent in our daily lives. The existence of microplastics (1 µm to 5 mm in length) and possibly even nanoplastics (<1 μm) has recently raised health concerns. In particular, nanoplastics are believed to be more toxic since their ...
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