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  • Plastic debris in oceans is a significant environmental concern.
  • Understanding the degradation mechanisms of plastics like polypropylene (PP) is crucial for addressing marine pollution.

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  • To investigate the behavior of polypropylene (PP) in simulated ocean conditions.
  • To compare the degradation of PP in air versus a seawater wave tank.

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  • Utilized a custom-built seawater wave tank within an artificial UV light weathering chamber.
  • Exposed polypropylene (PP) injection-molded pieces to simulated marine environments.
  • Analyzed changes in mechanical properties, crystal structure, and surface chemistry.

Main Results:

  • Weathering in air caused bulk degradation, reducing mechanical properties with minimal surface or crystal changes.
  • Seawater weathering primarily affected the surface, causing sub-micron particle loss and surface chemistry alterations.
  • No significant changes in crystal properties or bulk mechanical strength were observed in seawater.

Conclusions:

  • A surface erosion and dispersion mechanism, driven by mechano-chemical processes, is proposed for PP in seawater.
  • This erosion mechanism may explain the absence of smaller particles (<1mm) in collected marine plastic debris.
  • The findings highlight the importance of surface degradation in the fate of plastics in marine environments.