Hello everyone! I finally got to extract most of the micro-plastics from the sediment. From my observations, plastic 5 and plastic 6 were the hardest to extract! It was a bit tedious, but manageable. I filled most of the samples #1-#30 with distilled water again so I can be capable of extracting most of the micro plastics that I can from the sediment. After doing that, I will be proceeding with extracting the micro plastics using salt water to extract it. So far, I am pretty satisfied with the results that I am seeing and cant wait to get onto extracting micro plastics and micro fibers from our tap water!
- Francisco
Francisco, Nice extraction so far, It has been really great to catch up with you and see you making such great progress on your project. I am excited to see what happens when you add salt water do you think the plastic is going to be a bit easier to extract? Or do you think the salt will exactly inhibit the extraction of the microplastics?
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