Formation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Secondary Copper Production Fly Ash: Mechanistic Aspects and Correlation to Other Persistent Organic Pollutants

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jiang, Xiaoxu ^a   Liu, Guorui ^a   Wang, Mei ^a   Zheng, Minghui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; COPPER; DANGEROUS GOODS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR POLLUTANT; CHINA; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84941751379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13903     Document Type: Article

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