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Evaluating the effectiveness of H2O2 filter cleaning for microplastic analysis
Summary
Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of three concentrations of hydrogen peroxide for cleaning filters laden with organic tissue residue after microplastic extraction from biota, aiming to improve the accuracy of identifying and quantifying microplastics embedded within difficult-to-remove organic material.
Residues of organic material after chemical digestion are a common issue in the filters used for microplastic evaluation in biota. Microplastics embedded within this organic material pose significant challenges for accurately identifying and quantifying them. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of hydrogen peroxide in reducing the organic material from filters already used to analyze microplastics in tissues. We selected filters with homogeneous dark brown color tissue residue content. These filters were subjected to bifiltered distilled water and three concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (6 Also see: https://micro2024.sciencesconf.org/559717/document
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