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Quantification of microfibres released during washing of synthetic clothes in real conditions and at lab scale⋆

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In this work, a systematic study aimed at comparing the amount of microfibres released from synthetic fabrics during washing tests performed by using a household washing machine and a lab scale Gyrowash system, a laboratory simulator of a real washing machine, is reported. The obtained results allow to conclude that the washing tests performed at lab scale are an effective analytical procedure to perform a low-time/low-cost estimation of the microfibre release from synthetic fabrics.

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  1. Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council of Italy, Via Campi Flegrei, 34 - 80078, Pozzuoli, Italy

    Francesca De Falco, Gennaro Gentile, Emilia Di Pace, Maurizio Avella & Mariacristina Cocca

  2. University of Naples Federico II, Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy

    Francesca De Falco

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De Falco, F., Gentile, G., Di Pace, E. et al. Quantification of microfibres released during washing of synthetic clothes in real conditions and at lab scale⋆. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 133, 257 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-12123-x

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