Publication detail

Volatile degradation products of polyurethane foams

MÁCOVÁ, D. ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J. TOBIÁŠOVÁ, T.

Original Title

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Polyurethanes are the world's sixth most abundant synthetic polymer. The most of their production represent flexible polyurethane foams. At the end of their life-cycle they are often deposited on waste dumps, where they degrade under the influence of various environmental factors; photodegradation and hydrolysis are the main routes. In this paper is focused on the identification of volatile photodegradation product of polyurethanes modified by biodegradable filler using Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) and Gas Chromatography linked to Mass spectrometry. The SPME method was selected in the experiment for its fastness, simplicity and environmental friendnes.

Keywords

polyurethanes, environmental degradation, volatile degradation products

Authors

MÁCOVÁ, D.; ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J.; TOBIÁŠOVÁ, T.

RIV year

2008

Released

28. 8. 2008

Publisher

Fakulta chemická VUT v Brně

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-3715-9

Book

4th Meeting on Chemistry and LIfe: Book of Abstracts

Edition

Edition number

Pages from

1.28

Pages to

1.28

Pages count

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT31914,
  author="Daniela {Mácová} and Josef {Čáslavský} and Tereza {Tobiášová}",
  title="Volatile degradation products of polyurethane foams",
  booktitle="4th Meeting on Chemistry and LIfe: Book of Abstracts",
  year="2008",
  series="1",
  number="1",
  pages="1.28--1.28",
  publisher="Fakulta chemická VUT v Brně",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-3715-9"
}