Thermal field-flow fractionation and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in determination of decomposition products of expandable polystyrene after reactions in pressurized hot water and supercritical water

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3029-3035

  Kronholm, Juhani ^a   Vastamäki, Pertti ^a,b   Räsänen, Riikka ^a   Ahonen, Annukka ^a   Kartonen, Kari ^a   Riekkola, Marja Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REACTION KINETICS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FLOW FRACTIONATION; NONBIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; PRESSURIZED HOT WATER; THERMAL FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION (THFFF);

POLYSTYRENES;

DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYSTYRENES; REACTION KINETICS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646512637     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie058058f     Document Type: Article

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