Organic compounds produced during the thermal decomposition of cotton fabrics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5141-5147

  Moltó, Julia ^a   Conesa, Juan A ^a   Font, Rafael ^a   Martín Gullón, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; LAND FILL; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INERT ATMOSPHERES; PHENANTHRENE; SEMIVOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

COTTON FABRICS;

HYDROCARBON; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

COTTON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOTHING; COTTON; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; CLOTHING; COTTON FIBER; INCINERATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VOLATILIZATION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 22344437356     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0482435     Document Type: Article

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