Microplastic extraction laboratory

Newly equipped laboratory for processing, extracting and analysing microplastics (0.05-5mm) retrieved from different environmental matrices (marine waters, marine sediments, freshwater, beaches, WWTP, etc.) in a dedicated clean environment to avoid airborne contamination.
 

The main equipment includes:

• An 8m² hardwall laminar flow chamber ventilated through 4 laminar flow HEPA filters (H14).
• 2 Telstar AV-100 laminar flow cabinets
• Leica APO Z16
• Agilent cary 630 FTIR spectrometer
• Mettler Toledo XPR2U Ultra Micro Balance

Contact: patrizia.ziveri@uab.cat