Effect of atmosphere and catalyst on reducing bisphenol A (BPA) emission during thermal degradation of polycarbonate

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-45

  Šala, Martin ^a,b   Kitahara, Yuki ^a   Takahashi, Seiji ^a   Fujii, Toshihiro ^a  

^a MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A (BPA); CuCl2; Infrared image furnace; Ion attachment mass spectrometry; Polycarbonate

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FURNACES; INFRARED IMAGING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; POLYCARBONATES;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BISPHENOL A; CUCL2; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; INFRARED IMAGE FURNACES; ION-ATTACHMENT MASS SPECTROMETRIES; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; COPPER CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; POLYCARBONATE;

CATALYST; DEGRADATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; TOXICITY;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FURNACE; INFRARED RADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 71549172519     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.10.036     Document Type: Article

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