Occurrence of microplastics including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air measured by low-volume samplers in summer 2021 ...

This data set provides mass quantitative data of microplastics (MP) including tire wear particles (TWP) in northern Atlantic air. Air samples were taken with two different active air sampling devices (low- and high-volume samplers) during seven transects on a research cruise along the Norwegian coas...

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Main Authors: Goßmann, Isabel, Herzke, Dorte, Held, Andreas, Schulz, Janina, Nikiforov, Vladimir, Georgi, Christoph, Evangeliou, Nikolaos, Eckhardt, Sabine, Gerdts, Gunnar, Wurl, Oliver, Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2023
Subjects:
airborne concentration
Microplastics
Pyrolysis-GC/MS
tire wear particles
Event label
Date/Time of event
Latitude of event
Longitude of event
Transect
Size fraction
Sample volume
Polypropylene, cluster
Polyethylene terephthalate, cluster
Polystyrene, cluster
Polyvinyl chloride, cluster
Polycarbonate, cluster
Polymethylmethacrylate, cluster
Diphenylmethane diisocyanate-Polyurethane, cluster
Truck tire wear particles
Car tire wear particles
Comment
Low volume aerosol sampler
Pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
HE578
Heincke
Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters FACTS
Bear Island
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.964073
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.964073
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Summary:This data set provides mass quantitative data of microplastics (MP) including tire wear particles (TWP) in northern Atlantic air. Air samples were taken with two different active air sampling devices (low- and high-volume samplers) during seven transects on a research cruise along the Norwegian coast up to Bear Island. Identification and quantification of MP was performed with pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). More information about the measurement technique is found in the related paper (Goßmann et al., 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39340-5). MP was detected in all transects (max. 37.5 ng m-3). Particularly interesting was the ubiquity of the polyethylene terephthalate cluster (C-PET, max. 1.5 ng m-3). TWP was detected only twice, but in comparably high concentrations (max. 35 ng m-3). A close relationship of C-PET occurrence and possible re-emission processes from the ocean were suspected. The results for some polymer clusters had to be excluded due to sampling related ... : #9 stands for not detected#0 stands for not quantified ...

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