Overview
- Current overview of one of the most important major environmental issues
- Generally understandable, also for interested laymen
- The author became known as "Rhine swimmer"; he swam the Rhine from its source to its mouth and collected water samples
Part of the book series: essentials (ESSENT)
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Will we suffocate in our own plastic waste in the coming years? Or will we manage to turn the corner in time? The constantly growing amount of plastic waste is problematic for the environment and for people who consume the plastic waste in the form of microplastics. The author Andreas Fath explains in a scientifically well-founded but generally understandable way what microplastics are, where they come from and what dangers they pose.
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About the author
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fath started his professional career at the KIT in the Institute of Microstructure Technology with the development, process management, and process control of alloy electroplating for microforming, before he was responsible for new developments of products, processes, and surfaces as chief chemist in industry for many years. In 2011 he received the Fraunhofer UMSICHT science prize for an electrochemical process for PFT degradation. Since 2011 he is professor for physical chemistry at Furtwangen University. Within the project "Rheines Wasser" (Rhine Water), the "floating professor" swam and analyzed the Rhine in a media-effective manner and drew attention to water protection.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microplastic Compact
Book Subtitle: Worth Knowing for Everyone
Authors: Andreas Fath
Series Title: essentials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32867-2
Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-32867-2Published: 30 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2197-6708
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6716
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 63
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Environment, general, Materials Science, general, Water, general, Pollution, general