Emissions of volatile organic compounds from adhesives with indoor applications

Girman, J.R.; Hodgson, Alfred T.; Newton, Amos S.; Winkes, A.W.

doi:10.1016/0160-4120(86)90045-0

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“…Therefore, it is instructive to attempt to identify the sources of these compounds. The two major broad categories of sources are consumer products and materials used to finish interiors of buildings [11,12,13]. From experience, we know that aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are emitted by a variety of interior-finish materials and that chlorinated hydrocarbons and terpenes are 8 often emitted by consumer products.…”

Section: Application Of the Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of a Multisorbent Sampling Technique for Investigations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Buildings

Hodgson

Girman

1989

Design and Protocol for Monitoring Indoor Air Quality

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An analytical method for volatile organic compounds (VOC) which employs a multisorbent sampler containing, in series, Tenax-TA, Ambersorb XE-340, and activated charcoal is described. The method was evaluated in the laboratory and was used to measure concentrations of VOC at a school and an office building. The sampler quantitatively collects compounds spanning a broad range of boiling points, including highly volatile solvents. The overall precision of the method is better than 10% and often better than 5%. The composition and concentrations of VOC in the two, approximately five-month old, nonresidential buildings were similar and also similar to the composition and concentrations in typical residential indoor air. Concentrations of VOC were measured at two ventilation rates in both nonresidential buildings, and the data were applied to a single-equation, mass-balance model. Apparent specific source strengths for VOC approximately doubled with a six-fold increase in ventilation rate.

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Section: Application Of the Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of a Multisorbent Sampling Technique for Investigations of Volatile Organic Compounds in Buildings

Hodgson

Girman

1989

Design and Protocol for Monitoring Indoor Air Quality

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“…The number of studies on the occurrence of various volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air has increased in recent years (Miksch et al, 1982;Mùlhave, 1982;Girman et al, 1986;Lebret et al, 1986;Seifert et al, 1989;Krause et al, 1991;Brown et al, 1993;Crump and Madany, 1993;Fellin and Otson, 1993;Schreiber et al, 1993;Heavner et al, 1995Heavner et al, , 1996 . Although people tend to spend most of their time indoors, indoor VOC concentrations do not necessarily reflect personal exposure adequately.…”

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confidence: 99%

The German Environmental Survey 1990/92 (GerES II): Sources of personal exposure to volatile organic compounds

Hoffmann

Krause

Seifert

et al. 2000

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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“…This is in strong contrast to the characterization of emissions from combustion appliances (Johnson et al, 1984;Leaderer, 1982;Traynor et a/., 1982) and building materials (Girman et al, 1984;Molhave, 1982), where numerous chamber studies have been conducted. In this paper, considerations necessary for evaluating emissions from consumer products in laboratory studies are presented.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 72%