Mapping, emissions and environmental and health assessment of chemical substances in artificial turf

10 Abbreviations used in the material descriptions and for chemical substances/substance groups

EPDM Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (rubber with saturated main chain )
NR Natural Rubber. Rubber with unsaturated main chain
SBR Styrene Butadiene Rubber, used as tyres tread
SEBS TPE type with saturated main chain
TPE ThermoPlastic Elastomer, rubberlike unvulcanised material
PE PolyEthylene, plastic material with very low glass transition temperature
PEX Crosslinked polyethylene with chemical linkage between the PE chains
PP Polypropylene, plastic materials with glass transitions temperature at approx. 0 °C 
PU, PUR Polyurethane, Polyurethane Rubber
BTEX Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes
DOC Dissolved Organic Compounds
VOC Volatile  Organic Compounds
TOC Total Organic Compounds
TVOC Total Volatile Organic Compounds
THC Total HydroCarbons
EOX Extractable Organic Halogen (e.g. chlorine)
DCM DiChloroMethane
PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
6 PPD 1,4-Benzendiamine, N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N´-phenyl-
Zn Zinc

 



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