Effect of decabromodiphenyl ether and antimony trioxide on controlled pyrolysis of high-impact polystyrene mixed with polyolefins

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1073-1079

  Mitan, Nona Merry M ^a   Bhaskar, Thallada ^b   Hall, William J ^c   Muto, Akinori ^a   Williams, Paul T ^d   Sakata, Yusaku ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM   (India)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DDO; Flame retardant; HIPS Br; Pyrolysis; Waste plastics; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BROMINE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ETHERS; FLAME SPRAYING; FLUIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHER (DBDPE); DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIORS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR (ECD); ELSEVIER (CO); FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPH (GC); HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE (HIPS); LIQUID PRODUCTS; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS;

PYROLYSIS;

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE; BROMINE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYOLEFIN; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE;

ANTIMONY; BROMINE; DECOMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLASTIC; PYROLYSIS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS;

ANTIMONY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTRONS; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYENES; POLYSTYRENES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 47049128409     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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