Method of quantifying microplastic mass
AssigneeThe Education University of Hong Kong
InventorsYiu Fai TSANG, Yan Laam CHENG, Ziying LI
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Abstract
A method of quantifying microplastic mass in a sample composition, including the steps of pre-treating the sample composition to remove non-microplastic organic matter and extract microplastics thereby providing a pre-treated sample composition, measuring the organic carbon content of a microplastic polymer in the pre-treated sample composition using total organic carbon (TOC) analysis, and quantifying the microplastic mass in the sample composition according to the organic carbon content of the microplastic 10 polymer.
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A method of quantifying microplastic mass in a sample composition, comprising the steps of:
- pre-treating the sample composition to remove non-microplastic organic c matter and extract microplastics thereby providing a pre-treated sample composition,
- measuring the organic carbon content of a microplastic polymer in the pre-treated sample composition using total organic carbon (TOC) analysis, and
- quantifying the microplastic mass in the sample composition according to the organic carbon content of the microplastic polymer.
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