title: Rapid determination of decabromodiphenyl ether in polystyrene by thermal desorption-GC/MS.
abstract: A rapid determination of decabromodiphenyl ether (DeBDE) in polystyrene (PS) by thermal desorption (TD)-GC/MS was studied. The TD-GC/MS method using a pyrolysis-GC/MS system allowed the quick quantification of DeBDE in a waste TV back plate composing of a PS flame-retarded with polybrominated diphenyl ethers on the basis of the resulting chromatogram with a ca. 4% relative standard deviation without using any tedious sample pretreatment, such as solvent extraction.
authors.affiliation: Frontier Laboratories Ltd., 1-8-14, Saikon, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8862, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: Chuichi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuge
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D006358:Hot Temperature; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010647:Phenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis*; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls; D011137:Polystyrenes; C010902:decabromobiphenyl ether