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Microplastic Characterization by Infrared Spectroscopy

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Jun‐Li Xu, Martin Hassellöv, Keping Yu, Aoife Gowen

Summary

Infrared spectroscopy is an indispensable tool for characterizing the chemical composition of microplastics, enabling identification of polymer types across diverse environmental samples. Accurate chemical characterization is foundational to realistic risk assessment, as different polymer types carry different toxicological profiles and environmental persistence.

A realistic risk assessment of microplastic pollution must stand on representative data on the abundance, size distribution, and chemical composition of polymers. Infrared spectroscopy is an indispensable tool for the analysis of microplastics (<5 mm)....

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