Identification of polymer types and additives in marine microplastic particles using pyrolysis-GC/MS and scanning electron microscopy

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1949-1956

  Fries, Elke ^a,c   Dekiff, Jens H ^a   Willmeyer, Jana ^a   Nuelle, Marie Theres ^a   Ebert, Martin ^b   Remy, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DI(TERT BUTYL)PHENOL; BARIUM; BENZALDEHYDE; DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; NANOPARTICLE; PHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT;

COLORING AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTROCHEMICAL, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMERS; SEAWATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884544295     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3em00214d     Document Type: Article

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