Emission factors and characteristics of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from adhesive application in indoor decoration in China

Characterizing Key Volatile Pollutants Emitted from Adhesives by Chemical Compositions, Odor Contributions and Health Risks

“…From an integrated perspective of chemical emissions, odor and health risk contributions, xylene, ethylbenzene, ethyl acetate and benzene were identified as the key volatile pollutants emitted from the white emulsion adhesives, while butanone oxime, butanone and ethanol were the key volatile pollutants emitted from the silicone adhesives. The chemical compositions and emission factors of the VOCs emitted from adhesives have been well addressed in previous studies [ 34 , 39 , 40 , 41 ], while the current research emphasized that the key volatile pollutants causing odor nuisances and health risks may differ among different kinds of adhesives. This comprehensive methodology could be a promising approach to identify the key pollutants in complex gaseous emissions from adhesives and other building materials.…”

“…It is worth noting that adhesives contain abundant organic solvents [ 33 , 34 , 35 ], which could be the most dominant contributor to indoor VOCs in some cases [ 36 , 37 , 38 ]. Moreover, previous studies have mainly focused on the chemical compositions, emission factors and rates of VOC emissions [ 34 , 39 , 40 , 41 ], integrated investigations on the odor and health risks of VOC emissions from adhesives and other building materials have rarely been addressed. Therefore, it is important to analyze the odor pollution and health risk contributions from adhesives to identify the key volatile pollutants and provide informative strategies to precisely reduce the related odor nuisances and health risks in indoor air.…”

Indoor air quality monitoring and management in hospitality: an overarching framework

“…PM results are relevant for both short- and long-term effects on human health: It is recognized as a carcinogen (WHO/Europe, 2010) and an antecedent of respiratory (Paterson et al , 2021) and cardiovascular (Cohen et al , 2017) diseases, as well as positively correlated with both increased mortality and morbidity related to COVID-19 (Marquès and Domingo, 2022). VOCs have also been mapped in several studies (Asadi et al , 2011; Chan et al , 2009, 2015; He et al , 2016; Lee et al , 2001; Zanni et al , 2021) due to their abundance in indoor environments (Gao et al , 2021; He et al , 2016) and the associated exposure risk (Paterson et al , 2021). In addition, we considered a few environmental parameters that are typically monitored in light of their relevance for facility management: temperature (T, measured as °C), relative humidity (RH, measured as %) and ventilation rate.…”

Supramolecular interaction enabled preparation of high-strength water-based adhesives from polymethylmethacrylate wastes

“…Adhesives with the ability to conveniently bond diverse solid substrates together have been widely applied in various areas such as wood processing, 7 construction, 8 decoration, 9 medical, 10 automotive, 11 electronics, 12 , 13 and so forth. In recent decades, a variety of novel artificial adhesives have been prepared through biomimic the chemical composition of mussels, 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 or the topological structure of biological tissues, such as gecko setae and octopus sucker, 12 , 19 , 20 or a combination of the above two methods, 15 to expand the application of adhesives in more specific fields.…”