Evaluation of emissions of total volatile organic compounds from carpets in an environmental chamber

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-187

  Guo, H ^a,b   Murray, F ^a   Lee, S C ^b   Wilkinson, S ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carpet; Emission; Environmental chamber; Modelling; Total volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FLAME RESEARCH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIRFLOW RATE;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

INDOOR AIR;

EID: 0344082112     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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