Hydrogen chloride evolution from the heating of poly(vinyl chloride) compounds

Fire and Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 367-382

  Hirschler, Marcelo M ^a  

^a GBH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DECHLORINATION; EXTRAPOLATION; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; HEATING; PYROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BATCH ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONTINUOUS THERMOGRAVIMETRY; DEHYDROCHLORINATION; HYDROGEN CHLORIDE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 28644441062     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.893     Document Type: Article

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