Facile characterization of polymer fractions from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for mechanical recycling

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2601-2607

  Taurino, Rosa ^a   Pozzi, Paolo ^a   Zanasi, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMMERCIAL PLASTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MECHANICAL RECYCLING; PLASTIC MATERIALS; POLYMER FRACTIONS; POST-CONSUMER; RAPID MEASUREMENT; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTOMERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS; RECYCLING;

PLASTICS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; FLAME RETARDANT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RECYCLING; TELEVISION; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLAME RETARDANTS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RECYCLING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957690415     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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