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Marine & Wildlife
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A Comprehensive Approach to Evaluating Hazards of Microplastics in the Marine Environment
AGUOS
2016
Abigail E. Noble,
Anita Lewis,
C. H. Butler,
T. D. Lunsman,
Tim Verslycke
Summary
Researchers evaluated thermal extraction desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (TED-GC-MS) for identifying polymer types in environmental microplastic samples, comparing results with FTIR spectroscopy. TED-GC-MS provided reliable polymer identification and complementary information on plastic additives, with advantages for degraded particles where spectral quality is poor.