Formation of hexachlorobenzene from dusts of an electric Arc furnace used in steelmaking: Effect of temperature and dust composition

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7459-7463

  Murakami, Taichi ^a   Shimura, Mizuki ^a   Kasai, Eiki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC LAMPS; ARGON; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FUNGICIDES; FURNACES; HEATING; METAL REFINERIES; METALLURGICAL FURNACES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY; STEELMAKING; STEELMAKING FURNACES; WASTE TREATMENT; COPPER COMPOUNDS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

BAG FILTERS; DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIORS; DUST COMPOSITION; DUST SAMPLES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC-ARC FURNACE; HEATING EXPERIMENTS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HOLDING TEMPERATURES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SPECIAL STEEL; STEEL MAKING PROCESSES; STEEL PLANT; WASTE GASES;

DUST;

ARGON; COPPER CHLORIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; STEEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; DUST; FILTER; FURNACE; GAS WASTE; HEATING; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE;

COPPER; DUST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FILTRATION; GASES; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STEEL; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACCELERATING EFFECT; BAG FILTERS; DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIORS; DUST COMPOSITION; DUST SAMPLES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; HEATING EXPERIMENT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HOLDING TEMPERATURES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); SPECIAL STEEL; STEELMAKING PROCESS; STOCKHOLM; WASTE GAS;

EID: 54749141606     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8011645     Document Type: Article

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