Decomposition of two types of electric wires considering the effect of the metal in the production of pollutants

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-123

  Conesa, Juan A ^a   Egea, Silvia ^a   Moltó, Julia ^a   Ortuño, Nuria ^a   Font, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cables; Combustion; Dioxins; PAHs; PCBs; WEEE

Indexed keywords

CABLES; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC WIRE; METALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; CHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; DIOXINS; MAXIMUM EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEMIVOLATILE COMPOUNDS; WEEE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROPHENOL; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIOXIN; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; HALOGEN; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; METAL; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; PYRENE;

CABLE; CHLORINE; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; DIOXIN; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMISSION INVENTORY; FURAN; METAL; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONDUCTOR; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FURNACE; LABORATORY TEST; POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84874254950     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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