Solid Waste Engineering
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Author: Worrell, William A.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 7, Problem 7.11P
To determine
The organic chemical formula for a polychlorinated dibenzodioxin and to describe how dioxins are controlled in MSW combustion.
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