Formation of brominated pollutants during the pyrolysis and combustion of tetrabromobisphenol A at different temperatures

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 191, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-37

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardant; Combustion; Dioxin; Pyrolysis; TBBPA

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PYROLYSIS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; PYROLYSIS AND COMBUSTIONS; SEMIVOLATILE COMPOUNDS; TBBPA; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BROMINE COMPOUND; COMBUSTION; DIOXIN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; GAS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; COMBUSTION; DIOXIN; PYROLYSIS; TBBPA;

DIOXINS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FURANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; PHENOLS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 84899646370     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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