Characterizing plastics containing brominated flame retardants with combined LIBS and Raman spectroscopy

Brominated flame retardants

s BFR 2001

Brominated and Chlorinated Flame Retardants

1International POPs Elimination Network, Berkeley, California, USA; 2Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA; 3Green Science Policy Institute, Berkeley, California, USA; 4Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, and 5Department of Applied Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; 6Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berke...

Non-destructive rapid analysis of brominated flame retardants in electrical and electronic equipment using Raman spectroscopy.

Using Raman spectroscopy without any preparation, we analyzed the brominated flame retardant, polybromodiphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which has been prohibited by the European Union. The typical Raman bands of PBDEs, which are clearly different from those of other brominated flame retardants, are from 100 to 300 cm(-1). In our analysis, the detection limit was about 100 ppm, and the analysis took abo...

Brominated flame retardants--safety at what cost?

A population-based study of human immunodefi ciency virus in south India reveals major diff erences from sentinel surveillance-based estimates. Study Group. Declining HIV infection rates among recently married primigravid women in Pune, India. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a group of brominated compounds (209 congeners) that are typically used as fl ame retardants in the manufactur...

Brominated Flame Retardants Rising Levels of Concern