Congener-specific analysis of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in the major Chinese technical PCB formulation from a stored Chinese electrical capacitor

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 14471-14477

  Huang, Jun ^a   Yu, Gang ^a   Yamauchi, Makoto ^b   Matsumura, Toru ^b,c   Yamazaki, Norimasa ^c   Weber, Roland ^a,d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IDEA CONSULTANTS INC   (Japan)

^c CSD IDEA (Beijing) Institute of Environmental Innovation Co Ltd   (China)

^d POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chinese technical PCB; Electrical capacitor; HRGC HRMS; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN)

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; OIL; PCB;

CHINA;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION;

CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NAPHTHALENES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84943201894     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3677-y     Document Type: Article

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