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What kind of filter are you using for microplastic retrieval? Is it efficient? Would you recommend using it?

by sfererro23 | March 23, 2021 16:59 23 Mar 16:59 | #26009 | #26009

.We are trying to test water quality on our campus

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anns commented almost 4 years ago

we are using Rockler filter with ColeParmer gridded membrane filter papers rated at 0.45 microns

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Comment Author Profile Picture amocorro commented almost 4 years ago

@sfererro23 would love to see some photos from your water quality testing on your campus! Sounds like a fun activity.

Here are a different methods for filtering microplastics on land (sand) too, if that inspires any other investigation! https://publiclab.org/wiki/filter-microplastics-from-sand

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