Rubber Additives [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) provides information on the sources, use patterns and release pathways of chemicals used as additives in rubber industry to assist in the estimation of releases of chemicals to the environment.  
1. Introduction 9 2. Industry Summary and Background 10 3. Main Processes 12 -3.1 Natural- and synthetic Rubber 15 -3.2 Latex 17 -3.3 Rubber-Metal&nbsp;17 -3.4 Chemicals and Additives 17 4. Emission Scenarios&nbsp;21 -4.1 Definition of the generic Point Source 22 -4.2 Emission Rate Estimation 24 -4.3 Emission Scenario for Formulation and Processing to Wastewater 25 -4.4 Emission Scenarios for Formulation and Processing to Air and Soil 30 -4.5 Emission Scenario for Use of Rubber Products by Tyre Abrasion 31 -4.6 Emissions from Leachates 32 5. Examples of Emission Estimation 33 -5.1 Emissions from Formulation and Processing to Wastewater&nbsp; 33 -5.2 Emissions from Formulation and Processing to Air resp. Soil 35 -5.3 Emission from Abrasion of Tyres 35 6. References 36 7. Glossary 37 8. Abbreviations 39  
This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) provides information on the sources, use patterns and release pathways of chemicals used as additives in rubber industry to assist in the estimation of releases of chemicals to the environment.  
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