title: Fingerprints of dioxin from thermal industrial processes.
abstract: PCDD/F homologue profiles and 2,3,7,8 chlorine-substituted congener patterns are studied using principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis. Measurement data from different industrial metallurgical processes such as iron and steel manufacturing, copper smelters and aluminium plants are compared. It appears that the PCDD/F homologue profiles from industrial metallurgical processes are similar to those from municipal solid waste incinerators. The 2,3,7,8 chlorine-substituted congener pattern from copper smelters is also very similar to that of municipal solid waste incinerators. However, the 2,3,7,8 chlorine-substituted congener pattern from an aluminum plant is very different, 2,3,7,8-TCDF being by far the most important TCDF congener.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buekens
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cornelis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dewettinck
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis; D002713:Chlorine / Q000032:analysis; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D008669:Metallurgy; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004147:Dioxins; D007220:Industrial Waste; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D002713:Chlorine