Microplastic and nanoplastic debris left behind by a plastic water tank subjected to a mimicked bushfire
Yunlong Luo,
Christopher T. Gibson,
Youhong Tang
et al.
Abstract:Little is known about the catastrophic bushfire from a micro‐pollution point of view, and there is also very limited understanding of the emerging contamination of microplastics and nanoplastics. Upon exposure to fire, plastic items, such as water tanks, may release a substantial quantity of microplastics and nanoplastics, as characterized in this study through the analysis of residual debris. Using Raman imaging with the scanning pixel size down to 100 nm × 100 nm, we over‐scan the sample surface to collect a… Show more
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