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Assessing Aquatic Contamination from Tire Wear and Microplastics: Distribution Dynamics, Sampling Strategies, and Analytical Techniques
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This record lists several conference presentations on testing methods for tire wear particles and microplastics, including analyzing wastewater samples and determining how many samples are needed to measure particle distribution in seabed sediments. No specific results or measurements are reported in this abstract.
Step-by-step evaluation of matrix effect and sample recovery during pretreatment of wastewater samples for the quali-quantitation of microplastics by Py-GC-MS-Poster presentation 7IMDC 2022, Busan, Republic of Korea• How many samples to tell the truth?Grid sampling to understand the distribution of tire wear particles in one area -Oral presentation μMED 2022, Naples, Italy • Step-by-step evaluation of matrix effect and sample recovery during pretreatment of wastewater samples for the quali-quantitation of microplastics by Py-GC-MS -Oral presentationAssessing Aquatic Contamination from Tire Wear and Microplastics IV ASLO 2023, Mallorca, Spain• How many samples to tell the truth?Grid sampling to understand the distribution of microplastic and tire wear particles in seabed sediments -Oral presentation MICRO 2024 -Lanzarote, Canary Islands,
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