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Characterization and analysis of microplastics
"Characterization and Analysis of Microplastics, Volume 75, aims to fulfill the gap on the existence of published analytical methodologies for the identification and quantification of microplastics. This overview includes the following main topics: introduction to the fate and behavior of microplastics in the environment, assessment of sampling techniques and sample handling, morphological, physical, and chemical characterization of microplastics, and the role of laboratory experiments in the validation of field data."--
Front Cover; Advisory Board; Characterization and Analysis of Microplastics; Copyright; Contents; Contributors to Volume 75; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; 1 -- Microplastics -- Occurrence, Fate and Behaviour in the Environment; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Sources of Microplastics in the Environment; 1.2 Primary Microplastics; 1.3 Secondary Microplastics; 2. FATE OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT; 2.1 Spatial and Temporal Distribution; 2.2 Degradation; 2.2.1 Abiotic Degradation; 2.2.2 Biodegradation; 2.3 The 'Missing Link' in Plastic Mass Balance; 3. BEHAVIOUR AND EFFECTS OF MICROPLASTICS
3.1 Physical Effects3.2 Chemical Effects; 4. METHODOLOGIES USED FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROPLASTICS; 5. KEY CHALLENGES AND ROAD MAP FOR FURTHER RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; 2 -- Microplastics Sampling and Sample Handling; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SAMPLING; 3. SAMPLES HANDLING; 3.1 Contamination; 4. WATER SAMPLING USING PLANKTON TOW NETS; 4.1 Pelagic Plastics Sampled by Other Techniques; 5. ICE AND SNOW; 6. FOOD RESOURCES; 6.1 Sampling From Stomach Contents; 7. MICROBIOTA OF THE 'PLASTISPHERE'; 8. SAMPLING MICROPLASTICS FROM BEACHES
8.1 Image Analysis as a Sampling Method for Microplastics on Beaches9. SEDIMENT TRAPS FOR MICROPLASTIC SAMPLING FROM THE WATER COLUMN; 10. DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS; 11. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; 3 -- Morphological and Physical Characterization of Microplastics; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SIZE AND SHAPE; 3. COLOUR; 4. DENSITY; 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 4 -- Characterization and Quantification of Microplastics by Infrared Spectroscopy; 1. INTRODUCTION TO INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF MICROPLASTICS; 1.1 Molecular Vibrations; 1.2 Excitation Processes in Infrared Spectroscopy
1.2.1 Transition of Vibrational States1.2.2 Overtones, Hot Transitions, Combination and Difference Transitions; 1.2.3 Relative Intensities of Absorbance Bands; 1.3 The Infrared Spectrum; 1.3.1 Units of an Infrared Spectrum; 1.3.2 Ranges of an Infrared Spectrum; 1.3.3 Critical Values of an Infrared Spectrum; 1.3.4 Spectral Resolution; 2. MID-INFRARED; 2.1 Instrumentation; 2.1.1 Basic Working Scheme of an Infrared Spectrometer; 2.1.2 Interferometer; 2.2 Techniques and Accessories; 2.2.1 Transmittance of Thin Polymer Films; 2.2.2 Transmittance of Microplastic Particles within KBr Pellets
2.2.3 Attenuated Total Reflectance of Microplastics2.2.4 Diffuse Reflectance of Microplastic Powders; 2.2.5 Mid-Infrared Microscopy of Microplastics; 2.2.6 Handheld Techniques; 2.3 Characterization and Quantification of Microplastics; 2.3.1 Data Preprocessing; 2.3.2 Identification of Microplastics; 2.3.3 Common Problems in the Case of Degraded Microplastics; 2.3.4 Chemical Imaging of Microplastic Samples with FT-MIR Microscopy; 2.3.5 Characterization of Microplastic Ageing; 2.3.6 Multivariate Characterization Techniques for Microplastics; 3. NEAR-INFRARED; 3.1 Instrumentation
edited by Teresa A.P. Rocha-Santos and Armando C. Duarte.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Place of publication not identified] : Elsevier, 2017
Comprehensive analytical chemistry ; v. 75