Effect of heating rate on the pyrolysis of high-impact polystyrene containing brominated flame retardants: Fate of brominated flame retardants

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-265

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

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM   (India)

Author keywords

Antimony oxide; Brominated dibenzofurans; Decabromo diphenylether; Pyrolysis; Temperature program; WEEE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866737566     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-012-0067-8     Document Type: Article

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