Determination of heavy metals and halogens in plastics from electric and electronic waste

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2700-2706

  Dimitrakakis, Emmanouil ^a   Janz, Alexander ^b   Bilitewski, Bernd ^b   Gidarakos, Evangelos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRESDENS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HANDHELD; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; ION-EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRACTION; MEAN VALUES; RECYCLING PROCESS; TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CADMIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; FLUORESCENCE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ELASTOMERS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HALOGEN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; PLASTIC; ZINC;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HALOGEN; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PLASTIC; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLEANING; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; METAL RECOVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; STANDARD; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTRONICS; GERMANY; HALOGENS; METALS, HEAVY; PLASTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WASTE PRODUCTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DRESDEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 68049110325     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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