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The development of a TGA-MS based method for determination of microplastics in soils
Šilhánková, Lenka ; Mravcová, Ludmila (oponent) ; Kučerík, Jiří (vedoucí práce)
The plastics, penetrating the environment unintentionally or deliberately, can be fragmented to form smaller particles in range of micrometre (so-called microplastics) and thus contaminate soil systems. Until now, the developed methods for determination of the microplastics in soil are mainly focused on qualitative analysis. Nevertheless, also their performance suffers with various problems. Moreover, almost all the analyses require a time-consuming sample pre-treatment. In this study, we focused on the development of a new analytical approach for quantitative determination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polystyrene (PS) microplastics in soil using thermogravimetry-mass spectrometry (TGA-MS) without sample pre-treatment. Model sandy loam soil samples were spiked with microplastics to obtain final concentrations of 0.23–7 wt% PVC and PS, respectively. The samples were pyrolyzed with heating rate of 5 K min–1 up to 1,000 °C. Subsequently, the evolved gases were analysed using MS. The obtained data were normalized with an external standard (calcium oxalate hydrate). Limits of detection depended on chosen m/z and were determined between 0.08–5.3 wt% for PVC and between 0.005–0.7 wt% for PS, respectively. Consequently, limits of quantification were between 0.3–17.7 wt% for PVC and between 0.002–2.2 wt% for PS. The results show that the coupling TGA-MS can be a compete semiquantitative approach for determination of micro-PVC and micro-PS in soil with low organic carbon content.
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The development of a TGA-MS based method for determination of microplastics in soils
Šilhánková, Lenka ; Mravcová, Ludmila (oponent) ; Kučerík, Jiří (vedoucí práce)
The plastics, penetrating the environment unintentionally or deliberately, can be fragmented to form smaller particles in range of micrometre (so-called microplastics) and thus contaminate soil systems. Until now, the developed methods for determination of the microplastics in soil are mainly focused on qualitative analysis. Nevertheless, also their performance suffers with various problems. Moreover, almost all the analyses require a time-consuming sample pre-treatment. In this study, we focused on the development of a new analytical approach for quantitative determination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polystyrene (PS) microplastics in soil using thermogravimetry-mass spectrometry (TGA-MS) without sample pre-treatment. Model sandy loam soil samples were spiked with microplastics to obtain final concentrations of 0.23–7 wt% PVC and PS, respectively. The samples were pyrolyzed with heating rate of 5 K min–1 up to 1,000 °C. Subsequently, the evolved gases were analysed using MS. The obtained data were normalized with an external standard (calcium oxalate hydrate). Limits of detection depended on chosen m/z and were determined between 0.08–5.3 wt% for PVC and between 0.005–0.7 wt% for PS, respectively. Consequently, limits of quantification were between 0.3–17.7 wt% for PVC and between 0.002–2.2 wt% for PS. The results show that the coupling TGA-MS can be a compete semiquantitative approach for determination of micro-PVC and micro-PS in soil with low organic carbon content.
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