Matexcel, a leading service provider in material science, recently adds microplastic analysis service to its consumer & industrial product testing services to support the quality, performance, regulatory compliance, safety and other requirements of its customers products, components, and raw materials.
Microplastics (MPs) are novel environmental contaminants whose particle size range is generally considered to be between 1 μm and 5 mm. Plastic waste entering the environment will eventually form microplastics through physical, chemical, and biological interactions. In addition, the emission of plastic microspheres or fibers from cosmetics, cleaning products and textiles is also an important source of microplastics.
Research on microplastics is mainly divided into two major categories: effects on the environment and effects on human health. Specifically, it includes the pollution characteristics of environmental microplastics; source analysis; degradation and surface changes of environmental microplastics; environmental migration behavior and prediction model of environmental microplastics; bioaccumulation, toxic effects and ecological safety of environmental microplastics; interaction between microplastics and pollutants and health risks. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of microplastics, as well as the detection of microplastic additives and adsorbed pollutants, is one of the basic tasks of microplastic research.
Scientists at Matexcel use qualitative analysis equipment to determine the type of microplastics (MPs), quantitative analysis equipment to determine the quantity, content, etc., and also analyze the chemical substances adhering to the surface of the microplastics.
Common methods used for analyzing microplastics, according to one of the official speakers from Matexcel, include:
Infrared spectrometer
Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography (Py-GC)
Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer
Differential scanning calorimeter
Dynamic particle image analyzer
Matexcel also provides Minerals, Ore, and Mining Services, Health and Beauty Testing, Building Material Testing, Oil Product Testing, Plastic and Rubber Testing, Auto Parts Analysis,
Electronic Product Analysis, Textile Analysis, Photovoltaic Product Analysis, Toys and Baby, etc. for consumer & industrial product testing services. To know more, please visit https://www.matexcel.com/services/consumer-industrial-product-testing/.