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Microplastic pollution in the atlantic ocean: identification of polymer types and additive content using analytical pyrolysis (PY-GC/MS)
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This conference poster presents analytical pyrolysis (Py-GC/MS) results for identifying polymer types and additive content in microplastic samples collected from the Atlantic Ocean.
Poster (P-EA-22) presentado en la XVIII Reunion de la Sociedad Espanola de Cromatografia y Tecnicas Afines (SECyTA 2018), Granada, del 2 al 4 de Octubre de 2018.
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