Combustion products of plastics as indicators for refuse burning in the atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6961-6970

  Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a   Medeiros, Patricia M ^a   Didyk, Borys M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENAP Refinerias SA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COMBUSTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LAND FILL;

COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; LANDFILL GARBAGE; PLASTIC PRODUCTION; SMOKE PARTICLES;

PLASTICS;

1,3,5 TRIPHENYLBENZENE; 3 (3,5 DI TERT BUTYL 4 HYDROXYPHENYL)PROPIONIC ACID OCTADECYL ESTER; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ALKANE; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; INDICATOR; IRGAFOS 168; LUBRICATING AGENT; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; TRACER; TRIPHENYLBENZENE; TRIS(2,4 DI TERT BUTYLPHENYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2,4 DI TERTBUTYLPHENYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; PLASTIC WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHILE; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION PRODUCT; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LANDFILL GARBAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; RECYCLING; ROADSIDE TRASH; SAMPLING; SHOPPING BAG; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZENE; BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE; CARBON; CHILE; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GARBAGE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHITES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PLASTICIZERS; PLASTICS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SMOKE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25144450128     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050767x     Document Type: Article

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