The Thermal Degradation Process of Tetrabromobisphenol A

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1952-1961

  Barontini, Federica ^a   Marsanich, Katia ^b   Petarca, Luigi ^b   Cozzani, Valerio ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BROMINE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

DECOMPOSITION PATHWAYS; PRODUCT FRACTION;

PHENOLS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROBROMIC ACID; PHENOL; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEGRADATION;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENT; HEAT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942421128     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034017c     Document Type: Article

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