Problems with Microplastics
What are polymers?
The QCL laser emits light in this region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
This type of water sample showed the highest total particle numbers (90,893 N L⁻¹) using EC-QCL.
What is snow?
In environmental samples, EC-QCL consistently found ____ many times more particles than FT-IR.
What is 5 times?
To understand MP pollution, we need to have a fast way to measure particle number, size, and ____________.
What is composition?
This study used an FPA micro_________, which is a type of thermal detector used in infrared cameras.
What is a bolometer?
This sample type from wastewater treatment showed 7,212 particles per cubic meter using EC-QCL.
What is treated wastewater?
The hierarchical cluster analysis identified ____ clusters from 297 materials.
What is 112 clusters?
Techniques such as FT-IR and thermal degradation can't be used for routine monitoring of MPs because they take too much ____.
What is time?
_______, is a traditional technique takes measurement times ranging from days, preventing routine application.
What is Raman microscopy?
This sample type showed similar numbers between EC-QCL and FT-IR after blank correction.
What is marine surface water?
The study found that most microplastic particles were detected in this size class, close to the diffraction limit.
What is the second size class ie,~10 μm?