title: Formation of PCDD/Fs from heating polyethylene with metal chlorides in the presence of air.
abstract: This paper investigated the effect of inorganic chlorine on the formation of PCDD/Fs from heating polyethylene (PE) in the presence of air. There was an increase in the formation of PCDD/Fs with an increasing amount of metal chlorides except NaCl, which was not observed to have any effects on the formation of PCDD/Fs without the presence of catalysts. Although the levels of PCDD/Fs formation in this study have no relevance to full scale municipal solid waste incineration, the results of the present experiments can aid understanding of the mechanisms of the formation of PCDD/Fs from heating PE in the presence of metal chlorides.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, PR China. zhengmh@mail.rcees.ac.cn
authors.forename: Ming-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Peng-Yan
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ming-Jun
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.forename: Wen-Bin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Bai
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000737:chemistry*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D020959:Polyethylene / Q000737:chemistry*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D002712:Chlorides; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D008670:Metals; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D020959:Polyethylene