Analysis of flame retardants and elements of concern in printed wiring boards with respect to origin and year of construction

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7215-7229

  Roth, Thomas ^a   Wolf, Marion ^a   Pöhlein, Manfred ^a   Van Eldik, Rudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental relevant elements; Flame retardant; Precious metals; Printed wiring board; Rare metals; Ultrasonic extraction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; LOCALISED; MICRO BEAMS; RARE METALS; SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONIC EXTRACTION;

PRECIOUS METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RNA; SONOCHEMISTRY;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; EPOXY RESIN; FLAME RETARDANT; GLASS; GLASS FIBER; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY; TIME; ULTRASOUND;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZOFURANS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EPOXY RESINS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLASS; HUMANS; LEAD; METALS, RARE EARTH; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SONICATION; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883561016     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7195-4     Document Type: Article

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