Investigation of mechanisms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) initiated from the thermal degradation of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) in N2 atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2175-2180

  Kwon, Eilhann ^a   Castaldi, Marco J ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; STYRENE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL SPECIES; SUBSTITUTED AROMATICS;

RUBBER;

1,3 BUTADIENE; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RUBBER; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

DEGRADATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; RUBBER; STYRENE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NITROGEN; PAH; RUBBER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; ONLINE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BUTADIENES; ELASTOMERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEAT; NITROGEN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; STYRENES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 41849109456     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7026532     Document Type: Article

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