Contaminants and levels of occurrence in washed and shredded poly(ethylene terephthalate) from curbside collection. Part 1: Extraction conditions

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 859-874

  Konkol, L M ^a   Cross, R F ^a,c   Harding, I H ^a   Kosior, E ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Visy Industries   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contaminants; GC MS; Kinetics; PET; Recycling; Soxhlet extraction

Indexed keywords

2 BUTOXYETHANOL; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; BENZOPHENONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; LAURIC ACID; LIMONENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TIME; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

BEVERAGES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 0142062088     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265203031000156088     Document Type: Article

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