| Literature DB >> 15729818 |
Martin Schlummer1, Fritz Brandl, Andreas Mäurer, Rudi van Eldik.
Abstract
An HPLC-UV/MS method has been developed to identify and quantify flame retardants in post-consumer plastics from waste of electric and electronic equipment (WEEE). Atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation spectra of 15 brominated and phosphate-based flame retardants were recorded and interpreted. The method was applied to detect flame retardant additives in polymer extracts obtained from pressurised liquid extraction of solid polymers. In addition, a screening method was developed for soluble styrene polymers to isolate a flame retardant fraction through the application of gel permeation chromatography (GPC). This fraction was transferred to an online-coupled HPLC column and detected by UV spectroscopy, which allowed a reliable qualitative and quantitative analysis of brominated flame retardants in the polymer solutions.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15729818 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.12.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chromatogr A ISSN: 0021-9673 Impact factor: 4.759