Mechanism of thermal decomposition of a pesticide for safety concerns: Case of Mancozeb

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 6-15

  Giroud, N ^a,b   Dorge, S ^a   Trouve G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Dithiocarbamate pesticides; Fire incidents; Gaseous and solid pollutants; Mancozeb; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

CARBON RECOVERY; CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION; DITHIOCARBAMATE PESTICIDES; ETHYLENE THIOUREAS; GASEOUS AND SOLID POLLUTANTS; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT; INERT ATMOSPHERES; LABORATORY SCALE; MANCOZEB; SAFETY CONCERNS; SOLID PRODUCTS; SULPHUR RECOVERY; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; THERMAL DEGRADATION MECHANISM; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL OXIDATION; THERMAL TREATMENT; WAREHOUSE FIRES; ZNO;

DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FOG; HEALTH RISKS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION; PYROLYSIS; SULFUR; THIOUREAS; UREA; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MANCOZEB;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LABORATORY METHOD; OXIDATION; PESTICIDE; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HOT TEMPERATURE; MANEB; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PESTICIDES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ZINEB;

EID: 77957869518     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.07.053     Document Type: Article

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