Determination of microplastic polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) in environmental samples using thermal analysis (TGA-DSC)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 568, Issue , 2016, Pages 507-511

  Majewsky, Marius ^a   Bitter, Hajo ^a   Eiche, Elisabeth ^a   Horn, Harald ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic systems; Microplastic; TGA DSC; Thermal analysis; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFLUENTS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCES;

AQUATIC SYSTEM; ENDOTHERMIC PHASE TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; MICROPLASTIC; QUALITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD; TGA-DSC; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

EXTRACTION;

POLYAMIDE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ENDOTHERMY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EFFLUENT; ENDOTHERMIC PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84975459352     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.017     Document Type: Article

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