Brominated Flame Retardants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eljarrat, Ethel (Editor), Barceló, Damià (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 16
• Subjects: Environment.; Analytical chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Environmental chemistry.; Ecotoxicology.; Pollution.; Water pollution.; Environmental Chemistry.; Analytical Chemistry.; Pollution, general.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

Brominated flame retardants are one of the last classes of halogenated compounds that are still being produced worldwide and used in large quantities in many applications. They are used in plastics, textiles, electronic circuitry, and other materials to prevent fires. This volume covers the state-of...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Brominated Flame Retardants: Commercial Products, Applications and Physico-Chemical Properties
• Human Health Effects of Bominated Flame Retardants.-Sample Preparation and Chromatographic Methods Applied to Congener Specific Analysis of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
• Recent Methodologies for Brominated Flame Retardant Determinations by Means of Liquid Chromatolgraphy-Mass Spectrometry
• Current Levels and Trends of Brominated Flame Retardants in the Environment
• Bioaccumulation of Brominated Flame Retardants
• Degradation of Brominatd Flame Retardants
• Humane Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardants
• Emerging Brominated Flame Retardants in the Environment.