Gas chromatographic determination of phosphate-based flame retardants in styrene-based polymers from waste electrical and electronic equipment

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1262, Issue , 2012, Pages 188-195

  Roth, Thomas ^a   Urpi Bertran, Raquel ^a   Pöhlein, Manfred ^a   Wolf, Marion ^a   van Eldik, Rudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEE; Engineering polymers; GC MS; GC PND; Organophosphate flame retardants; WEEE

Indexed keywords

EEE; ENGINEERING POLYMERS; GC/MS; GC/PND; WEEE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; STYRENE;

POLYMERS;

BISPHENOL A BIS(DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE); CRESYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; FLAME RETARDANT; NITROGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSTYRENE; TRICRESYL PHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE OXIDE; TRIS(ETHYLHEXYL) PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASOUND; WASTE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PLASTICS; STYRENES;

EID: 84867217442     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.08.070     Document Type: Article

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