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Microplastics and their removal from water using sorbents.
Spáčilová, Markéta ; Dytrych, Pavel ; Koštejn, Martin ; Fajgar, Radek ; Šolcová, Olga
The increased occurrence of contaminants in water sources, whether microplastics or other organic contaminants, is currently an ever-increasing environmental problem. This issue is closely related to the mapping of their occurrence in the aquatic environment, as well as to possible ways to eliminate them. The work first characterized the characterization of prepared microplastic particles of the five most commonly used plastics (polyethylene, polyamide, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene glycol terephthalate and polystyrene) using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy (IR). These microplastic particles were used to prepare simulated microplastic contaminated waters. A methodology for determining the number of microplast particles contained was developed on these water samples. Furthermore, the method of their removal from samples with simulated contamination using functional sorbents was tested. Sorbents based on natural bentonites and zeolites were mainly used. It has been confirmed that the effectiveness of these materials depends not only on their composition and textural properties, but can also be increased by modifying them.\n
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