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Pretreatment methods for monitoring microplastics in soil and freshwater sediment samples: A comprehensive review
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This review comprehensively evaluates pretreatment methods for analyzing microplastics in soil and freshwater sediments, finding that density separation with sodium or zinc chloride followed by hydrogen peroxide oxidation are the most commonly used approaches, though no universal standard method exists.
This paper reviews the currently used pretreatment methods for microplastics (MPs) analysis in soil and freshwater sediments, primarily sample processing, pretreatment, and characterization methods for MPs analysis. In addition, analytical tools (e.g., lab instruments), MPs characteristics, and MPs quantity, are included in this review. Prior to pretreatment, soil and sediment samples are typically processed using sieving and drying methods, and a sample quantity of <50 g was mostly used for the pretreatment. Density separation was commonly performed before organic matter removal. Sodium chloride (NaCl) and zinc chloride (ZnCl) were most often used for density separation, and hydrogen peroxide (HO) oxidation was most frequently used to remove organic matter. Although advantages of each pretreatment method have been investigated, it is still challenging to determine a universal pretreatment method due to sample variability (e.g., sample characteristics). Furthermore, it is highly required to establish standard pretreatment methods that can be used for various environmental matrices, including air, water, and wastes as well as soil and sediment.
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