Thermo Scientific AppsLab Library: Comprehensive profiling of plastic polymers using pyrolysis coupled to GC-MS

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analysis polymers environmental matrices

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The aim of this study is to demonstrate the suitability of pyrolysis coupled to GC-MS (Py-GC-MS) for the identification and quantitation of the 12 most common polymer types within a single GC-MS run as well as qualitative analysis of plastic samples collected on the beach.

Market:	Environmental
Keywords:	Gas Chromatography, single quadrupole mass spectrometry, pyrolysis, TRACE 1610 GC, ISQ 7610 GC-MS, Plastic polymers, microplastics (MPs), Py-GC-MS
Matrix:	Sand
Author:	Giulia Riccardino[[1]], Manuela Bergna[[1]], Daniela Cavagnino[[1]], and Daniel Kutscher [[2]]
Affiliation:	[[1]] Thermo Fisher Scientific, Milan, IT [[2]] Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, UK

Uploaded on 7/29/2025.