Characterizing the emission of chlorinated/brominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans from low-temperature thermal processing of waste printed circuit board

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-191

  Duan, Huabo ^a   Li, Jinhui ^a   Liu, Yicheng ^b   Yamazaki, Norimasa ^b   Jiang, Wei ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSD IDEA (Beijing)   (China)

Author keywords

Emission; PBDD Fs; PCDD Fs; Printed circuit board; Thermal processing

Indexed keywords

AIR ATMOSPHERE; DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PBDD/FS; PCDD/FS; TOTAL CONTENT; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; NEUTRON EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BROMINE COMPOUND; EMISSION INVENTORY; PCDD; PCDF; RESEARCH WORK; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; INCINERATION;

EID: 81355149379     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.10.033     Document Type: Article

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