Table 1 Summary of the samples for the four polymers and four treatments analysed by STXM-NAXAFS in this study. Fragment refers to the name of the sample while n indicates the number of replicate measurements acquired on the same fragment. NA not available for technical reasons (see “sample preparation for STXM”)
Polymer | Environmental samples | 160 h UV | Soil incubation | Control | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fragment | n | Fragment | n | Fragment | n | Fragment | n | |
PS | GUR3b | 11 | PS3 | 3 | NA | NA | PS_ctrl | 5 |
GUR3 | 11 | |||||||
ES6 | 4 | |||||||
ES9 | 4 | |||||||
ES15 | 4 | |||||||
PET | SAN1a | 4 | PET3 | 3 | PET_A_S | 4 | PET_ctrl | 4 |
ES2 | 5 | |||||||
PC | NA | NA | PC3 | 3 | PC_A_S | 3 | PC_trl | 3 |
PP | SAN2b | 4 | PP3 | 4 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
ES10 | 3 | |||||||