Relevance of BFRs and thermal conditions on the formation pathways of brominated and brominated-chlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 699-710

  Weber, Roland ^a   Kuch, Bertram ^b  

^a IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

BFR; Brominated chlorinated PXDD PXDF; Combustion; Fire; Gasification; PBDD PBDF; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGENATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION;

DEBROMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BROMINE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HALOGEN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AIR POLLUTANT; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WASTE; CHLORINATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; EXPERIMENTATION; FIRE; GASIFICATION; HEAT STRESS; HEATING; HYDROGENATION; LABORATORY TEST; POLYMERIZATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; REVIEW;

EID: 0242382573     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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