Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 14, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14247781
Keywords
textiles matrix; washing; dispersion system; particles; particle size distribution; cluster analysis
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- Croatian Science Foundation [IP-2020-02-7575]
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This study applied the laser diffraction technique to characterize polymer particles in effluents from washing and rinsing materials, showing that the technique is acceptable for composite effluent samples. Advanced statistical analysis confirmed the interrelationships of parameters in this complex dispersion system.
The dominant type of polymer particles in water, sediment, and various organisms partly derives from natural and synthetic fibres released in the washing process. Pollution of aquatic recipients with these particles poses an interdisciplinary problem throughout the world. Wastewater from washing represents a dispersion system with different particle sizes that is also loaded with the source of the particles. Due to this complex system, the qualification and quantification of this type of pollution is difficult. In this paper, the laser diffraction technique was applied to characterize particles in effluents from washing and rinsing materials made of a mixture of cotton and polyester. The results obtained through the analysis prove that the laser diffraction technique is acceptable for the characterization of a composite effluent sample. The advanced statistical technique of multivariate analysis confirmed the interrelationship of the parameters of this complex dispersion system.
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