Substrate effects on VOC emissions from an interior finishing varnish

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1019-1026

  Kwok, Ngai Hong ^a   Lee, Shun Cheng ^a   Guo, Hai ^a   Hung, Wing Tat ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building materials; Environmental chamber; Modeling; Substrate; Varnish; Volatile Organic compound (VOC)

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GYPSUM; PLASTER; PLYWOOD; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INTERIOR FINISHING;

INTERIORS (BUILDING);

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 0037927778     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(03)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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