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Table 1 MNPs investigated in this study and corresponding average size distributions. Detailed physical-chemical properties of all MNPs are summarized in Table S1

From: A comparative investigation of the sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to various polydisperse micro- and nanoplastics using a novel third-phase partition method

Name

Dx10 (μm)

Dx50 (μm)

Dx90 (μm)

LDPE_215

96.2

215.0

380.

LDPE_84

19.1

84.0

188.0

PE_0.6

0.3

0.6

1.9

TPU_ester_arom

142.0

254.0

418.0

TPU_ester_alip

143.0

262.0

440.0

TPU_ether_arom

128.0

246.0

413.0

TPU_ether_alip

152.0

267.0

442.0

TPU_melt_arom

272.0

864.0

1560.0

PU_foam

33.1

92.8

211.0

PU_arom_1C

82.8

200.0

354.0

PU_arom_2C

77.2

201.0

368.0

PA-6_7

2.3

6.9

13.5

PA-6_42

13.7

42.2

75.3

PA-12_44

34.4

44.3

57.0

PMMA_0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

PMMA_6

2.2

6.2

11.6

Tire Rubber

61.7

130.0

233.0

  1. D⨯10, D⨯50 and D⨯90 are the 10th, 50th and 90th percentile average size distributions, respectively