Long term behaviour of poly(vinyl chloride) products under soil buried and landfill conditions

Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 321-326

  Mersiowsky, I ^a   Stegmann, R ^a   Ejlertsson, J ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIN COMPOUNDS;

ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; PHTHALATES;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 0033341903     PISSN: 09598111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146580199101540466     Document Type: Article

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