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A review of analytical methods and models used in atmospheric microplastic research

Luo, Xi, Wang, Zhaoqing, Yang, Ling, Gao, Tanguang, Zhang, Yulan·2022·Science of The Total Environment
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154487
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Microplastic pollution in the environment has become a source of concern in recent years. The transport and deposition of suspended atmospheric microplastics play an important role in the global linkage of microplastic sources and sinks. In this review, we summarized recent research progress on sampling devices, pretreatments, and identification methods for atmospheric microplastics. The total suspended particles and atmospheric deposition, including dust, rainfall, and snow samples, are the environmental carriers for atmospheric microplastic studies. There are active and passive sampling methods. Pretreatment depends on sample types and identification methods and includes sieving, digestion, density separation, filtration, and drying. The measured features for atmospheric microplastics include particle size distributions, shapes, colors, surface morphology, and polymer compositions, using stereomicroscopes, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Laser direct infrared spectroscopy and thermochemical methods coupled with mass spectrometry are potential methods for identifying atmospheric microplastics. Currently, models for estimating the fluxes of atmospheric microplastic emission, transport, and deposition are in the initial stages of development; their implementation will enhance our understanding of the "microplastic cycle" globally based on simulated and observed data.

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Authors
Luo, X., Wang, Z., Yang, L., Gao, T., & Zhang, Y.
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Science of The Total Environment
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Elsevier BV
Published
2022-07
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828
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154487
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0048-9697
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154487
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  • State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science (SKLCS-ZZ-2021)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (42071082, 2019QZKK0605)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFA0608503)

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Luo, X., Wang, Z., Yang, L., Gao, T., & Zhang, Y. (2022). A review of analytical methods and models used in atmospheric microplastic research. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154487