Presence of toxic and hazardous substances in recycled rubber surfaces

This thesis focuses on the study of recycled tire rubber employed as infill in artificial turf football pitches or as flooring in children's playgrounds, among other uses. Different families of chemical compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, plasticisers, antioxidants and vulcanisa...

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Autor: Armada Álvarez, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/30024
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30024
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materias::Investigación::23 Química::2301 química analítica ::230103 Análisis cromatográfico
Materias::Investigación::23 Química::2301 química analítica ::230110 Espectroscopia de masas
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Sumario:This thesis focuses on the study of recycled tire rubber employed as infill in artificial turf football pitches or as flooring in children's playgrounds, among other uses. Different families of chemical compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, plasticisers, antioxidants and vulcanisation additives were determined in different recycled tire rubber matrices. In addition, the diffusion of these substances into the environment (air and water) and the potential bioaccessibility via oral ingestion were studied. For this purpose, different analytical methodologies were developed and validated. Due to the wide variety of the studied samples, different simple and sustainable sample preparation techniques were employed prior to analysis by gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry.