Formation of bisphenol A by thermal degradation of poly(bisphenol A carbonate)

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1281-1284

  Kitahara, Yuki ^a   Takahashi, Seiji ^a   Tsukagoshi, Masamichi ^a   Fujii, Toshihiro ^a  

^a MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation energy; BPA; Ion attachment mass spectrometry; Polycarbonate; Thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS PLOTS; INFRARED IMAGING; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; POLYCARBONATES; PYROLYSIS; THERMOLYSIS;

ACTIVATION ENERGIES (EA); ARRHENIUS KINETICS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; INFRARED IMAGE FURNACES; ION-ATTACHMENT MASS SPECTROMETRIES; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; POLY(BISPHENOL A CARBONATE); SELECTED ION MONITORING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLY(BISPHENOL A CARBONATE); POLYCARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; BISPHENOL-A-POLYCARBONATE; ESTROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYMER;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; INFRARED RADIATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HEAT; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

ATMOSPHERE; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; POLYMERS;

EID: 77956058772     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.053     Document Type: Article

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