In addition to meeting with my advisor, I spent a considerable amount of time researching how I might identify the main types of micro-plastics in my samples. Due to the fact that I will not be sending my samples to an outside lab, I will be classifying these micro-plastics on my own using the Severn lab equipment. Below you will find some of the simplified notes I've collected on micro-plastics over the last month or so.
Types of Plastic: (See Appendix B in LADI PDF)
Pieces of microplastics <5mm can be generally identified by the following criteria:
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