Brominated flame retardants in waste electrical and electronic equipment: Substance flows in a recycling plant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8691-8699

  Morf, Leo S ^a   Tremp, Josef ^b   Gloor, Rolf ^c   Huber, Yvonne ^c   Stengele, Markus ^d   Zennegg, Markus ^e  

^a GEO Partner AG Ressourcenmanagement   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Laboratory Basel Landschaft   (Switzerland)

^c Institut Bachema AG   (Switzerland)

^d IMMARKAG   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONS; ETHERS; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECYCLING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFR); CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CONSUMPTION; TARGET SUBSTANCES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; BROMINE; DECABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; OCTABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PENTABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PBDE; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; DUST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PURIFICATION; RECYCLING; SWITZERLAND; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ANTIMONY; BROMINE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; INDUSTRY;

EID: 27744555641     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051170k     Document Type: Article

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