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Fate and Transport of Microplastics from Water Sources


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1 Department of Textile Technology, Institute of Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India
2 Department of Geology, Institute of Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India
 

Microplastics as environmental pollutants affect surface water and groundwater. Surface water, groundwater and branded drinking water bottles were analysed in and around Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The total count of microplastics was found to be 66 particles with fibrous and fragmented shape, colours such as white, blue, green, yellow, pink and black under optical microscope. SEM-EDX-used to study morphology and elemental analysis of microplastics confirmed the presence of heavy metals such as Cr, Ti, Mo, Ba and Ru adhered to their surface. Polyethylene terephthalate and polyamide were confirmed by the presence of functional groups of the polymers by FTIR equipped with attenuated total reflectance.

Keywords

Microplastics, Heavy Metals, Pollution, Polyamide, Water Sources.
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Authors

Monnisha Ganesan
Department of Textile Technology, Institute of Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India
Gobi Nallathambi
Department of Textile Technology, Institute of Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India
Seshachalam Srinivasalu
Department of Geology, Institute of Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India

Abstract


Microplastics as environmental pollutants affect surface water and groundwater. Surface water, groundwater and branded drinking water bottles were analysed in and around Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The total count of microplastics was found to be 66 particles with fibrous and fragmented shape, colours such as white, blue, green, yellow, pink and black under optical microscope. SEM-EDX-used to study morphology and elemental analysis of microplastics confirmed the presence of heavy metals such as Cr, Ti, Mo, Ba and Ru adhered to their surface. Polyethylene terephthalate and polyamide were confirmed by the presence of functional groups of the polymers by FTIR equipped with attenuated total reflectance.

Keywords


Microplastics, Heavy Metals, Pollution, Polyamide, Water Sources.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv117%2Fi11%2F1879-1885