Emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from creosoted railroad ties and their relevance for life cycle assessment (LCA)

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-124

  Kohler, M ^a   Kunniger T ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRESTRESSED CONCRETE; RAILROAD TIES; STEEL; TOXICITY;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PHENANTHRENE; PHOTOCHEMICAL OZONE CREATION;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

ANTHRACENES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CREOSOTE; EMISSION; FLUORENES; HYDROCARBONS; LIFE CYCLE; PHENOLS; RAILROADS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL; TOXICITY; WOOD;

EID: 0038692218     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-003-0372-y     Document Type: Article

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