Surfactant production and use in Germany: Resource requirements and CO2 emissions

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-78

  Patel, M K ^a   Theiss A ^b   Worrell, E ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Emission reduction; Life cycle; Material flow analysis; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SURFACTANT;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY;

GERMANY;

EID: 0344177568     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(98)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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