Volatile organic components migrating from plastic pipes (HDPE, PEX and PVC) into drinking water

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1912-1920

  Skjevrak, Ingun ^a   Due, Anne ^a   Gjerstad, Karl Olav ^a   Herikstad, Hallgeir ^a  

^a Regional Food Control Authority of Midt Rogaland   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Migration; Plastic pipes; VOC

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ANTIOXIDANTS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; ESTERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; KETONES; PLASTIC PIPE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

THRESHOLD ODOR NUMBER (TON);

POTABLE WATER;

2,4 DI(TERT BUTYL)PHENOL; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DRINKING WATER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DRINKING WATER; PLASTIC; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER PIPELINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ODOR; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0037374809     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00576-6     Document Type: Article

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