An exploratory study on the leachability of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) from computer monitor plastic casings using x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF)

• Main Authors: Ong, Chelsea Anne S., Tadios, John Stephen Jerome G., Tecson, Hazel Anne C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Bromination; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Ethers; Polybrominated biphenyls; Pentabromodiphenyl ether; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6437
• Institution: De La Salle University

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are chemicals commonly used in the industrial sector to suppress fire. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of BFRs once widely used in many applications, which are required, since being listed under the Stockholm Convention, to be monitored and regul...