Toxic pollutants emitted from thermal decomposition of phthalimide compounds

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 407-412

  Chen, Kai ^a,b   Mackie, John C ^a   Wojtalewicz, Dominika ^a   Kennedy, Eric M ^a   Dlugogorski, Bogdan Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Dibenzo p dioxin; Dibenzofuran; Phthalimide compounds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CHARCOAL; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZONITRILES; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DIBENZO P DIOXINS; DIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZOFURANS; DISSOCIATION ENERGIES; FORMATION PATHWAYS; FTIR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ISOCYANIC ACIDS; LEAN CONDITION; MALEIMIDES; MICRO-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHTHALIMIDE; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION PATHWAYS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; TOXIC POLLUTANTS; UNSATURATED KETONES;

AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINE; CYANIDES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; KETONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; POLLUTION DETECTION; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXIC MATERIALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2 CYCLOHEXENONE; BENZENEMETHANIMINE; BENZONITRILE; CHARCOAL; CHLORINE; DIBENZOFURAN; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; ISOCYANATE; KETONE; MALEIMIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHTHALIMIDE; PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRAHYDROPHTHALIMIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; KETONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICA; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY; FIRE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICRO GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL REACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHTHALIMIDES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 79951858298     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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