Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8852021 | Chemosphere | 2018 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
135TPB was found in emissions from both plastics both at a nominal and reduced output. In contrast to findings reported in the literature, 135TPB was a dominant compound detected by mass spectrometry on m/z 306 exclusively in emissions from co-combustion of PE. Surprisingly, six other even more abundant compounds of unknown identity were found on this m/z in emissions from co-combustion of PET. One of these unknown compounds was identified as p-quaterphenyl (pQ). Principal component analysis revealed strong correlation among 135TPB, pQ and five unknown compounds. pQ seems to be suitable tracers of polyethylene terephthalate plastic co-combustion, while 135TPB proved its suitability to be an all-purpose tracer of polyethylene plastics combustion.
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Authors
Tomas Tomsej, Jiri Horak, Sarka Tomsejova, Kamil Krpec, Jana Klanova, Milan Dej, Frantisek Hopan,