Small chamber methods for characterizing formaldehyde emission from particleboard

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1287, Issue , 1996, Pages 211-224

  Crump, Derrick R ^a   Yu, Chuck W F ^a   Squire, Richard W ^a   Atkinson, Michael ^b  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b FIRA International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde emission; Indoor air quality; Particleboard; Small scale chamber test; Steady state emission rate

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CURVE FITTING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; FORMALDEHYDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PARTICLEBOARDS; SMALL CHAMBER TESTS; STEADY STATE EMISSION RATE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030143678     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp15623s     Document Type: Article

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