Electric arc furnaces for steel-making: Hot spots for persistent organic pollutants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5205-5211

  Odabasi, Mustafa ^a   Bayram, Abdurrahman ^a   Elbir, Tolga ^a   Seyfioglu, Remzi ^a   Dumanoglu, Yetkin ^a   Bozlaker, Ayse ^a   Demircioglu, Hulusi ^a   Altiok, Hasan ^a   Yatkin, Sinan ^b   Cetin, Banu ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; EMISSION FACTORS; FERROUS SCRAP; GAS CONCENTRATION; HOT SPOT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SCRAP PREHEATING; STEEL PLANT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ETHERS; FURNACES; GAS PLANTS; IRON; OXYGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PREHEATING; PRINTED CIRCUITS; STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY; STEEL SCRAP; SULFUR;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STEEL; SULFUR;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STEEL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS; HEATING; ORGANIC POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; STEEL; TURKEY; VOLATILIZATION; WIND;

ALIAGA; EURASIA; IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 67650456907     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900863s     Document Type: Article

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