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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
May. 04, 2020
Nankai University, Tianjin, CN;
Lei Wang, Tianjin, CN;
Yali Xu, Tianjin, CN;
Xuejiao Tang, Tianjin, CN;
Chu Peng, Tianjin, CN;
Hongwen Sun, Tianjin, CN;
Nankai University, Tianjin, CN;
Abstract
A method for quantitative detection of trace polylactic acid microplastics (PLA MPs) in an environmental sample is disclosed, where the PLA MP in the environmental sample is depolymerized in an alkaline alcohol phase system, and the monomers thereof, i.e., lactic acid molecules were separated and recovered. Mass concentrations of lactic acid before and after reaction are quantitatively detected by HPLC-MS, and the initial mass concentration of PLA MPs in the sample is calculated using a formula. The minimum detectable concentration may be as low as 0.05 mg/kg. This method can quantify the trace PLA in water body, sludge, sediment, dust, and soil samples; no special treatment is required before heating in pentanol; use of such reaction conditions as heating and alkaline alcohol phase reduces reaction time substantially.
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