6 March 2023 Thermal radiative properties of polyamide-12 from 0.2 to 1.1 μm
Hua Wen, Zhiqi Zhao, Zhijian Zhang, Chunyang Ma
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Abstract

Microplastics are an emerging marine pollutant, and their negative impacts on the photosynthetic efficiency of marine photoautotrophs are gradually endangering marine ecosystems and biota. To analyze and solve the impact of microplastic particles on light propagation in the ocean, the investigation of radiative properties of microplastic particles is essential. The extinction and absorption coefficients of polyamide-12 (PA12) with different particle concentrations are experimentally measured using transmission and integration methods in the spectral range of 200 to 1100 nm. The extinction and absorption cross sections are obtained from the measured extinction and absorption coefficients. The measured PA12 absorption peaks, located at 692, 728, 764, 835, and 940 nm, correspond to the vibrational absorption of methylene groups (-CH2) and amide groups (CO-NH). The scattering albedo of PA12 is mostly above 0.7 in the visible spectral, indicating that PA12 is a scattering dominated medium. The measured radiative properties of PA12 provide optical parameters for determining the radiative transfer containing microplastics.

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Hua Wen, Zhiqi Zhao, Zhijian Zhang, and Chunyang Ma "Thermal radiative properties of polyamide-12 from 0.2 to 1.1 μm," Optical Engineering 62(3), 034102 (6 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.62.3.034102
Received: 9 June 2022; Accepted: 10 February 2023; Published: 6 March 2023
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KEYWORDS
Absorption

Particles

Transmittance

Refractive index

Glasses

Oceanography

Quartz

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