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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 5, Issue 10, Pages 608-613Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00446
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- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within project MiWa [02WRS1378A]
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Analysis of microplastic particles in environmental samples needs sophisticated techniques and is time intensive due to sample preparation and detection. Alternatives to the most common (micro-) spectroscopic techniques, Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectros-copy, are thermoanalytical methods, in which specific decomposition products can be analyzed as marker compounds for different kinds of plastic types and mass contents. Thermal extraction desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometry allows the fast identification and quantification of MP in environmental samples without sample preparation. Whereas to date only the analysis of thermoplastic polymers has been realized, this is the first time that even the analysis of tire wear (TW) content in environmental samples has been possible. Various marker compounds for TW were identified. They include characteristic decomposition products of elastomers, antioxidants, and vulcanization agents. Advantages and drawbacks of these marker substances were evaluated. Environmental samples from street runoff were exemplarily investigated, and the results are presented.
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