ISO 5667-27:2025
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Water quality — Sampling — Part 27: Guidance on sampling for microplastics in water
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03-03-2025
This document specifies the basic methods for sampling suspended microplastics in water (domestic water, freshwater, seawater, treated wastewater and untreated wastewater), for their subsequent characterization. Suspended particles can also include synthetic or semi-synthetic polymeric materials (such as rubber). This document does not cover chemical analysis, biological (ecotoxicological) methods or physical methods, nor the pre-treatment or digestion methods intrinsic to such analyses.
This document covers general methodologies:
for net sampling using, for example, manta, plankton or neuston nets.
| Committee |
ISO/TC 147/SC 6
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
28
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| PublisherName |
International Organization for Standardization
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| Status |
Current
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| Standards | Relationship |
| DS/ISO 5667-27:2025 | Identical |
| AS ISO 5667.27:2025 | Identical |
| NS-ISO 5667-4:2026 | Water quality - Sampling - Part 4: Guidance on sampling from lakes, natural and man-made |