Formation of priority PAHs from polystyrene pyrolysis with addition of calcium oxide

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 212, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 173-181

  Wei, Yu Ling ^a   Lee, Jen Ho ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcium oxide addition; PAHs; Polystyrene pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; LIME; POLYSTYRENES; TEMPERATURE; WASTE INCINERATION;

HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTION; HYDROXYL FREE RADICAL; WAVELENGTH SCANNING ULTRAVIOLET DETECTOR;

PYROLYSIS;

CALCIUM OXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYSTYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; FLUE GAS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032495847     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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