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Recent developments in the analysis of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polybrominated biphenyls in plastic

  • Mingwu Shao
  • , Jie Jiang*
  • , Ming Li
  • , Lijie Wu
  • , Mingzhu Hu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai
  • National Institute of Metrology China
  • College of Chemistry

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Abstract

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), heavily used as flame retardant in plastics, are harmful to environment and human health. It is of great importance for method development to determine PBDEs and PBBs in plastics. A review of developments on the analysis of PBDEs and PBBs in plastics is presented in this paper. The analytical procedures including sample pretreatment, extraction, clean-up/fractionation, and detection are carefully discussed. The drawbacks and merits of each method are summarized. The aim of this review is to improve the analytical accuracy, and precision for the determination of PBDEs and PBBs in plastics on the basis of the published papers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)133-143
Number of pages11
JournalReviews in Analytical Chemistry
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2016
Externally publishedYes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • mass spectrometry
  • plastic
  • polybrominated biphenyl
  • polybrominated diphenyl ether
  • review

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