Characterisation of nanoplastics during the degradation of polystyrene
By S. Lambert, M. Wagner. Chemosphere, 2016
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The release of plastics into the environment has been identified as an important issue for some time. Recent publications have suggested that the degradation of plastic materials will result in the release of nano-sized plastic particles to the environment. Nanoparticle tracking analysis was applied to characterise the formation of nanoplastics during the degradation of a polystyrene (PS) disposable coffee cup lid. The results clearly show an increase in the formation of nanoplastics over time. After 56 days' exposure the concentration of nanoplastics in the PS sample was 1.26 × 108 particles/ml (average particles size 224 nm) compared to 0.41 × 108 particles/ml in the control.
Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution
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In Automotive Engineering
In Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- P. Hollman
- Jeremy Mendoza-Hill
- A. Lusher
- L. Hoogenboom
- S. Al-thawadi
- G. Duflos
- E. Huerta Lwanga
- A. Dehaut
In Pollution
- P. Hollman
- Jeremy Mendoza-Hill
- L. Hoogenboom
- A. Lusher
- S. Al-thawadi
- G. Duflos
- E. Huerta Lwanga
- A. Dehaut
Citations in the corpus
- Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth. (2018, background): “In the long term, themicroplastics currently found in the soil have a large chance of forming nanoplastics (Lambert and Wagner, 2016; Lwanga et al., 2018).”
- Impact of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Human Health (2021, background): “Environmental bacteria and other microorganisms can also mediate the biodegradation process of plastics [28].”
- Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK - Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification. (2017, background): “Over time, LMPPs may become SMPPs or even nanoplastics, due to degradation within the environment (Andrady, 2011; Koelmans et al., 2015; Lambert and Wagner, 2016).”
- Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture (2017, background): “Laboratory experiments showed degradation of polystyrene (PS) disposable coffee cup lids with formation of nanoplastics over time (Lambert and Wagner, 2016).”