Versatile and fast gas chromatographic determination of frequently used brominated flame retardants in styrenic polymers

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1203, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-228

  Pöhlein, Manfred ^a   Bertran, Raquel Urpi ^a   Wolf, Marion ^a   van Eldik, Rudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GC ECD; GC MS; HBCD; PBB; PBDE; RoHS; TBBPA; WEEE

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME SPRAYING; FLAMMABILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; STANDARDS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DIPHENYL ETHERS; ELECTRON-CAPTURE DETECTION; FAST METHODS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION; GC/ECD; GC/MS; HBCD; PBB; PBDE; POLYMER SAMPLES; ROHS; RUN-TIME; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; STYRENIC POLYMERS; TBBPA; WEEE;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYSTYRENES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 48949099157     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.07.047     Document Type: Article

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