Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 256, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127039
Keywords
Microplastics; Density separation; NaH2PO4; Heating-assited
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21804027, 21904029]
- scientific research and innovation at weihai [2019KYCXJJYB03]
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Microplastics (MPs) pollution in the marine has become a global concern. To obtain accurate measurements of MPs in the marine sediments is important for understanding its effects and potential risks to the environment. In this study, we developed a novel method for extracting MPs from sediments by density flotation of sodium dihydrogen phosphate (NaH2PO4) solution, which utilized the heating-assisted to increase the density of separation solution. It features high density, nontoxic, and economic, indicating its promising application in the MPs extraction. A standard procedure based on NaH2PO4 for extracting MPs from sediments was established and validated by the recovery experiments of seven common plastics. Results showed NaH2PO4 solution exhibited higher recovery rates than the commonly-used NaCl solution; three plastics with high density couldn't be recovered by NaCl, while NaH2PO4 was available for all the studied MPs. A large number of real beach samples was collected and validated by this method, and the abundance and characteristic of the collected MPs were further analyzed. Results exhibited the heating-assisted NaH2PO4 could be a promising way for extracting MPs in environmental samples. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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