title: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatographic analyses of thermal degradation products of common plastics.
abstract: The thermo-oxidation of five commonly used materials, namely low-density polyethylene, retarded polyethylene, paper with a polyethylene foil, a milk package and filled polypropylene, was studied. Capillary gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry were used to analyze the volatile degradation products, while high-performance liquid chromatography was employed to measure polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The results are discussed from the point of view of toxicity of the products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pacáková
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Leclercq
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis*; D011095:Polyethylenes / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D011095:Polyethylenes