TG-MS investigation of brominated products from the degradation of brominated flame retardants in high-impact polystyrene

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-373

  Grause, Guido ^a   Karakita, Daiki ^a   Ishibashi, Jun ^a   Kameda, Tomohito ^a   Bhaskar, Thallada ^b   Yoshioka, Toshiaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM   (India)

Author keywords

Decabromodibenzyl; Decabromodiphenylether; Polybrominated dibenzofurans; Polybrominated phenanthrenes; Thermogravimetry mass spectroscopy coupling

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYSTYRENES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DECABROMODIBENZYL; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHER; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYBROMINATED PHENANTHRENES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

ALPHA BROMOETHYLBENZENE; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE; BENZENE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; DECABROMODIBENZYL; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHER; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYLETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HYDROCARBON; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; STERICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; DEGRADATION; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PBDE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENOL; PLASTIC; POLYMER; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 80555155532     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.104     Document Type: Article

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