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Sodium hypochlorite as an oxidizing agent for removal of soil organic matter before microplastics analyses

Bottone, Anna ; Boily, Jean-Francois ; Shchukarev, Andrey ; Andersson, Patrik ; Klaminder, Jonatan

Wiley 2022

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    Sodium hypochlorite as an oxidizing agent for removal of soil organic matter before microplastics analyses
  • Autor: Bottone, Anna ; Boily, Jean-Francois ; Shchukarev, Andrey ; Andersson, Patrik ; Klaminder, Jonatan
  • Assuntos: Environmental Sciences ; Miljövetenskap
  • Notas: 0000-0001-8814-0013
    http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-484680
    PMID 34936093
    ISI:000746482900001
    doi:10.1002/jeq2.20321
    0000-0003-3353-9320
    Journal of Environmental Quality, 0047-2425, 2022, 51:1, s. 112-122
  • Descrição: The omnipresence of microplastics (MPs) across Earth's surface has raised concerns about their environmental impact and created an urgent need for methods to identify them in complex soil and sedimentary matrices. However, detecting MPs in the O horizons of soils is difficult because plastic polymers share many physical and chemical properties with natural soil organic matter (SOM). In this study, we assessed whether sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), a reagent that can oxidize SOM and simultaneously preserve mineral constituents, can be used for MP analysis and characterization in soil environments. In addition, we scrutinized how factors such as MP size, polymer type, extraction methods, and soil matrix affect the recovery of microplastic particles. We used both hydrophobic and density-dependent separation methods to assess the effects of our oxidation treatment on the recovery of MP. We observed that NaOCl effectively removed SOM without greatly altering the surface properties of resistant MP polymers (polypropylene, polylactic acid, low-density polyethylene, and polyethylene terephthalate), which were characterized using scanning electron microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy after SOM removal. The NaOCl treatment caused some chlorination and formation of additional C-OH bonds on polymer surfaces, which likely contributed to the reduced efficiency of the hydrophobic-based (oil) extraction. We conclude that NaOCl treatment can improve detection of MPs in SOM-rich soil and that recovery of MPs from soils is influenced by MP size, polymer type, extraction method, and soil type, which makes it challenging to develop a universal analytical method.
  • Editor: Wiley
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2022
  • Idioma: Inglês
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