Degradation of components in flooring systems in humid and alkaline environments

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-221

  Björk, Folke ^a   Eriksson, Carl Axel ^a   Karlsson, Sigbritt ^a   Khabbaz, Farideh ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Carpets; Concrete; Degradation products; Flooring; Humidity; pH value

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCRETES; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PH EFFECTS; PLASTICITY; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; THERMOSTATS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOLID PHASE MICRO EXTRACTION (SPME);

FLOORS;

EID: 0037399909     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(02)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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