Effect of water quality parameters on the migration of vinyl chloride monomer from unplasticized PVC pipes

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 195-208

  Al Malack, Muhammad H ^a   Sheikheldin, Sami Y ^a   Fayad, Nabil M ^a   Khaja, Naseemuddin ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diffusion rate; Migration; pH; Temperature; Total dissolved solids; Unplasticized PVC pipes; Vinyl chloride monomer

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIFFUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; PH EFFECTS; PLASTIC PIPE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER PIPELINES;

FICK'S LAW; HEAD-SPACE TECHNIQUES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

WATER QUALITY;

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0033627439     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005249808374     Document Type: Article

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