Dioxin formation during combustion of nonchloride plastic, polystyrene and its product

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 899-903

  Yasuhara, A ^a   Katami, T ^b   Shibamoto, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Gifu Prefectural Institute for Bio Industrial Technology   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; DIOXIN; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; METHODOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 24344486100     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0666-3     Document Type: Article

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