Brominated flame retardants in the urban atmosphere of Northeast China: Concentrations, temperature dependence and gas-particle partitioning

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-66

  Qi, Hong ^a   Li, Wen Long ^a   Liu, Li Yan ^a   Song, Wei Wei ^a   Ma, Wan Li ^a   Li, Yi Fan ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative brominated flame retardants; Atmosphere; Gas particle partitioning; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; LIQUID VAPOR PRESSURE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; NORTHEAST CHINA; URBAN ATMOSPHERES;

GASES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 1,2,3,4,5 PENTABROMOBENZENE; 1,2,5,6,9,10 HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; 2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; 2,3,5,6 TETRABROMO PARA XYLENE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; HEXABROMOBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; PETABROMOETHYLBENZENE; AIR POLLUTANT; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON;

ABSORPTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PBDE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS PARTICLE PARTITIONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VAPOR PRESSURE; ABSORPTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903527155     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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