European emissions of HFC-365mfc, a chlorine-free substitute for the foam blowing agents HCFC-141b and CFC-11

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1145-1151

  Stemmler, Konrad ^a,b   Folini, Doris ^a   Ubl, Sandy ^a   Vollmer, Martin K ^a   Reimann, Stefan ^a   O'Doherty, Simon ^c   Greally, Brian R ^c   Simmonds, Peter G ^c   Manning, Alistair J ^d  

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

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOAM BLOWING; RESIDUAL EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYURETHANES;

AIR POLLUTION;

1,1,1,3,3 PENTAFLUOROBUTANE; BUTANE; CHLORINE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; POLYURETHAN FOAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYURETHANES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CFC; EMISSION INVENTORY; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BELGIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; IRELAND; ITALY; LUXEMBOURG; METEOROLOGY; NETHERLANDS; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, METHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; POLYMERS;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; ITALY; JUNGFRAUJOCH; MACE HEAD; PO VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847240497     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061298h     Document Type: Article

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