Antimony release in PET bottled natural water in Lebanon

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-199

  Hureiki, Lina ^a   Mouneimne, Youssef ^b  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Antimony; Bottled natural water; Leaching; PET

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BOTTLES; CALCIUM; LEACHING; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

ANTIMONY CONCENTRATION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CONTACT SURFACE AREA; NATURAL WATERS; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO;

ANTIMONY;

ANTIMONY; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; WATER;

ANTIMONY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLASTIC; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER STORAGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVALUATION; LEACHING; LEBANON; PACKAGING; PH; PLASTIC BOTTLE; SUNLIGHT; VOLUMETRY;

LEBANON;

EID: 84861024093     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2012.128     Document Type: Article

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