通过改进红外光谱库来加强对受气候影响的塑料的识别
Andrea Arredondo-Navarro1, Xuewen Wang1, Kendra Hess1
1School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, EN0059, OK State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
概括
精确的微塑料识别通过新的光谱库得到了改进. 该图书馆解释了热氧化和机械磨损引起的化学变化,增强了塑料污染风险评估.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 分析化学 分析化学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 微塑料的识别是具有挑战性的,因为环境因素的化学变化,如热氧化和机械磨损.
- 传统的富里埃变换红外线 (FTIR) 库无法准确识别降解的微塑料,导致错误识别和错误的风险评估.
- 降解改变了塑料的光谱,热氧化增加了峰值和磨损导致它们色.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个新的,环境相关的光谱库,以改进微塑料的识别.
- 解决因环境样本中微塑料识别不准确而造成的知识差距.
- 提高塑料污染风险评估的准确性.
主要方法:
- 将七种商业聚合物进行受控的热氧化 (100-200°C,1-24小时).
- 暴露聚烯 (PP) 和低密度聚乙烯 (LDPE) 颗粒在机械磨损下40天.
- 从降解的塑料中收集了减弱总反射 (ATR) -FTIR光谱,并将它们纳入了两个新的光谱库.
- 在环境和实验室生成的微塑料样本上测试了新的图书馆.
主要成果:
- 新的光谱库显著提高了微塑料识别的准确性.
- 热氧化塑料的匹配率增加了7.3%,机械磨损塑料增加了23.8%.
- 使用62个环境和15个实验室生成的微塑料样本验证了改进的准确性.
结论:
- 将环境化的塑料的光谱纳入FTIR库对于准确的识别至关重要.
- 开发的光谱库代表了科学进步和微塑料监测的实用工具.
- 改进的微塑料识别导致更可靠的环境研究和风险评估.
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