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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Using Environmental Simulations to Test the Release of Hazardous Substances from Polymer-Based Products: Are Realism and Pragmatism Mutually Exclusive Objectives?

Nicole Bandow, Michael D Aitken, Anja Geburtig, Ute Kalbe, Christian Piechotta, Ute Schoknecht, Franz-Georg Simon, Ina Stephan

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Measurement of the Environmental Impact of Materials.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicole BandowGerman Environment Agency, Corrensplatz 1, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Michael D AitkenDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4356-2946
Anja GeburtigBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung (BAM), 12200 Berlin, Germany.
Ute KalbeBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung (BAM), 12200 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4701-929X
Christian PiechottaBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung (BAM), 12200 Berlin, Germany.
Ute SchoknechtBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung (BAM), 12200 Berlin, Germany.
Franz-Georg SimonBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung (BAM), 12200 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4512-2031
Ina StephanBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung (BAM), 12200 Berlin, Germany.
Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing · DEGerman Environment Agency · DEUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The potential release of hazardous substances from polymer-based products is currently in the focus of environmental policy. Environmental simulations are applied to expose such products to selected aging conditions and to investigate release processes. Commonly applied aging exposure types such as solar and UV radiation in combination with water contact, corrosive gases, and soil contact as well as expected general effects on polymers and additional ingredients of polymer-based products are described. The release of substances is based on mass-transfer processes to the material surfaces. Experimental approaches to investigate transport processes that are caused by water contact are presented. For tailoring the tests, relevant aging exposure types and release quantification methods must be combined appropriately. Several studies on the release of hazardous substances such as metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, flame retardants, antioxidants, and carbon nanotubes from polymers are summarized exemplarily. Differences between natural and artificial exposure tests are discussed and demonstrated for the release of flame retardants from several polymers and for biocides from paints. Requirements and limitations to apply results from short-term artificial environmental exposure tests to predict long-term environmental behavior of polymers are presented.

Indexed as

artificial weatheringdegradationenvironmental simulationsleachingpolymer-based productssoil contact

Identifiers

PMID32549187
PMCPMC7345583
OpenAlexW3035113779

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