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Cook, Sarah, Chan, Hui-Ling, Abolfathi, Soroush, Bending, G. D., Schäfer, Hendrik and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2020) Data for Longitudinal dispersion of microplastics in aquatic flows using fluorometric techniques. [Dataset]
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Abstract
Microplastics are an emerging environmental contaminant. Existing knowledge on the precise transport processes involved in the movement of microplastics in natural water bodies is limited. Microplastic fate-transport models rely on numerical simulations with limited empirical data to support and validate these models. We adopted fluorometric principles to track the movement of both fluorescent dye and florescent stained microplastics (polyethylene) in purpose-built laboratory flumes with standard fibre-optic fluorometers. Neutrally buoyant microplastics behaved in the same manner as a solute (Rhodamine) and more importantly displayed classical fundamental dispersion theory in uniform open channel flow. This suggests Rhodamine, a fluorescent tracer, can be released into the natural environment with the potential to mimic microplastic movement in the water column.
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Engineering Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) |
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| Type of Data: | Experimental data | ||||||
| Publisher: | School of Engineering | ||||||
| Official Date: | 20 July 2020 | ||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 July 2020 | ||||||
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| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
| Description: | Data record consists of excel spreadsheet containing raw velocity & dispersion data for dye and microplastics. Further information on the data can be found contained within the spreadsheet. |
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