A pilot interlaboratory comparison of protocols that simulate aging of nanocomposites and detect released fragments

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 402-418

  Wohlleben, Wendel ^a   Vilar, Gemma ^b   Fernández Rosas, Elisabet ^b   González Gálvez, David ^b   Gabriel, Claus ^a   Hirth, Sabine ^a   Frechen, Thomas ^a   Stanley, Deborah ^c   Gorham, Justin ^c   Sung, Li Piin ^c   Hsueh, Hsiang Chun ^c   Chuang, Yu Fan ^c   Nguyen, Tinh ^c   Vazquez Campos, Socorro ^b  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b LEITAT TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry aging; Lifecycle; Nanosilica; Polyamide; Release; Wet aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906683966     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: 14498979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN14072     Document Type: Article

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