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Reference materials (RMs) using dissolvable capsules and soda tablets effectively support microplastic analysis validation. These RMs demonstrate precision for interlaboratory comparison studies and recovery tests, aiding environmental pollutant detection.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Microplastics are emerging environmental pollutants requiring robust analytical method validation.
  • Reference materials (RMs) and interlaboratory comparison (ILC) studies are crucial for validating microplastic detection methods.
  • Previous methods for microplastic RMs faced challenges in consistency and reliability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) of two candidate microplastic reference materials: dissolvable gelatin capsules and soda tablets.
  • To assess the suitability of these RMs for supporting international ILC studies and recovery tests in microplastic analysis.
  • To address challenges in validating analytical methods for microplastic detection.

Main Methods:

  • Development and QA/QC of dissolvable capsules containing polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), and polystyrene (PS) microplastics (50–1000 µm).
  • Production and QA/QC of soda tablets containing single and multiple polymer mixtures (PE, PET, PS, PVC, polypropylene (PP), polycarbonate (PC)).
  • Utilized soda tablets with PE, PVC, and PS mixtures (125–355 µm) for recovery testing during environmental sample pretreatment.

Main Results:

  • Dissolvable capsules achieved 0% error and 100% recovery for QA/QC with larger microplastic fractions.
  • Soda tablets demonstrated good precision with relative standard deviations (RSD) ranging from 8% to 21% for various polymer mixtures.
  • Soda tablets used for recovery testing showed an RSD of 9%, indicating suitability for environmental sample pretreatment validation.

Conclusions:

  • Both soda tablets and capsules containing microplastics >50 µm can be produced with sufficient precision for recovery tests and ILC studies.
  • The developed RMs offer a valuable solution for validating microplastic analytical methods, addressing current challenges.
  • Further optimization is needed for microplastics <50 µm due to observed QA/QC variations.