Microplastics (synthetic polymers in the size range 1 µm – 1 mm) are a so-called emerging contaminant and a very frequent topic in public media. In science, there is an ongoing debate about the imposed risk. A serious assessment of the risk is only possible if the data for its occurrence are sound. For this work recommendations for different Raman parameters were established, a software package for particle detection was tested and a possibility to calculate the necessary number of particles that need to be analyzed for a statistical meaningful result is described.
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Microplastics (synthetic polymers in the size range 1 µm – 1 mm) are a so-called emerging contaminant and a very frequent topic in public media. In science, there is an ongoing debate about the imposed risk. A serious assessment of the risk is only possible if the data for its occurrence are sound. For this work recommendations for different Raman parameters were established, a software package for particle detection was tested and a possibility to calculate the necessary number of particles tha...
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