Vapor pressure of solid polybrominated diphenyl ethers determined via Knudsen effusion method

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2216-2219

  Fu, Jinxia ^a   Suuberg, Eric M ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Enthalpy of fusion; Enthalpy of sublimation; Knudsen effusion; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Solid vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY OF FUSION; ENTHALPY OF SUBLIMATION; KNUDSEN EFFUSION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SOLID VAPOR PRESSURE;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYACRYLATES; SUBLIMATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

4,4 DIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; EQUATION; MELTING; PBDE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUBLIMATION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; KNUDSEN EFFUSION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 80052631016     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.621     Document Type: Article

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