Environmental performance assessment of the melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF) resin manufacture: A case study in Brazil

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 299-307

  Silva, Diogo Aparecido Lopes ^a   Lahr, Francisco Antonio Rocco ^a   Varanda, Luciano Donizeti ^a   Christoforo, André Luis ^b   Ometto, Aldo Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amino resins; Environmental hotspots; Improvement opportunities; Particleboards; Urea formaldehyde resin; Wood based panels

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FORMALDEHYDE; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; METABOLISM; PARTICLE BOARD; SYNTHETIC RESINS; TOXICITY; UREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION; HOTSPOTS; IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MELAMINE UREA FORMALDEHYDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION; WOOD-BASED PANELS;

UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS;

EID: 84928207753     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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