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Brominated Flame Retardants

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Abbreviations

ATE:

2,4,6-Tribromophenyl allyl ether

BFR:

Brominated flame retardant

BTBPE:

1,2-Bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane

DBDPE:

Decabromodiphenyl ethane

DPTE:

2,3-Dibromopropyl-2,4,6-tribromophenyl ether

HBBz:

Hexabromobenzene

HBCD:

Hexabromocyclododecane

HCDBCO:

Hexachlorocyclopentadienyldibromocyclooctane

OBIND:

Octabromo-1,3,3-trimethyl-1-phenylindane

PBDE:

Polybrominated diphenyl ether

PBEB:

Pentabromoethylbenzene

PBT:

Pentabromotoluene

TBB:

2-Ethylhexyltetrabromobenzoate

TBBPA:

Tetrabromobisphenol A

TBBPA-DAE:

Tetrabromobisphenol A bis(allyl ether)

TBBPA-DBPE:

Tetrabromobisphenol A (2,3-dibromopropyl ether)

TBBPA-DHEE:

Tetrabromobisphenol A dihydroxyethyl ether

TBC:

Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) isocyanurate

TBCO:

1,2,5,6-Tetrabromocyclooctane

TBECH:

1,2-Dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane

TBP:

2,4,6-Tribromophenol

TBPA:

Tetrabromophthalic anhydride

TBPH:

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate

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de Wit, C.A., Kierkegaard, A., Ricklund, N., Sellström, U. (2010). Emerging Brominated Flame Retardants in the Environment. In: Eljarrat, E., Barceló, D. (eds) Brominated Flame Retardants. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry(), vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2010_73

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