Examination for Estimation of Emission Rate of Plastic Additives from Plastic Products

Abstract

To determine the emission rate of plastic additives during service life of products, we measured emission rate of plasticizers from PVC and flame retardants from HIPS and PC-ABS used for home appliances by a micro-chamber method newly developed for SVOC. We also examined to estimate emission rate using the activation energy determined from the heating losses of plastic additives from resin at high temperature. As a result, we succeeded to estimate the emission rate of flame retardants which was below the detection limit measured by the micro-chamber method.