Short- and Long-Term Releases of Fluorocarbons from Disposal of Polyurethane Foam Waste

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 5071-5079

  Kjeldsen, Peter ^a   Scheutz, Charlotte ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHREDDING PROCESSES;

BLOWING AGENTS; FOAMS; GLOBAL WARMING; OZONE; POLYURETHANES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FLUOROCARBONS;

FLUOROCARBON; HALOCARBON; POLYURETHAN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FOAM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OZONE LAYER; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRIGERATOR; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR MOVEMENTS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYURETHANES; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0242712323     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es026385y     Document Type: Article

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