A rapid, automated approach is described for detecting and characterizing microplastics in carbonated beverages and apple juice following filtration using the Agilent 8700 LDIR chemical imaging system.
Plastic is essential in modern life but is nonbiodegradable primarily, taking up to 400 years to decompose. Production has skyrocketed, leading to widespread microplastic pollution. Agilent is tackling this issue with advanced tools for analyzing microplastics, aiming to better understand and mitigate their environmental and health impacts.
The chemical composition of microplastics was identified with the Agilent 8700 Laser Direct Infrared (LDIR) chemical imaging system. Ease-of-use and simplicity of creating a library with the Clarity LDIR instrument control software was also shown.
In this webinar, we will highlight microplastic sample preparation in various matrices and examine best practices for performing accurate on-filter microplastic analysis using the Agilent 8700 LDIR Chemical Imaging System.
