My friends did a thing! Microplastics are very challenging to measure and some existing protocols make it worse. To be clear, the authors are concerned about microplastics, and also concerned that we have analytical methods that will give us real information. Good and difficult work. #analysis #chemistry #polymers #plastics #microplastics
https://futurism.com/science-energy/microplastics-samples-gloves
Researchers found that plastic gloves can transfer microplastic particles onto environmental samples, potentially skewing results.
Trummal, A.; Lipping, L.; Kaljurand, I.; Koppel, I. A.; Leito, I. (2016). "Acidity of Strong Acids in Water and Dimethyl Sulfoxide". Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 120 (20): 3663–3669
@QuantumDot2 oooh! Or what volume you have to have before one molecule is, on average, unionized.
ACS was mixed. Had a delightful dinner with the wonderful @patricklutz . The symposium I was in (polymer folks at PUIs) was great. So rewarding to see some folks I’ve mentored over the years thriving in their careers and feeling like I’d given them even a little bit of help. The return travel was aawful and if I’d known it would be like that I’d probably have skipped it.
