Characterizing polyurethane foam as a sink for or source of volatile organic compounds in indoor air

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 983-989

  Zhao, Dongye ^a   Little, John C ^b   Cox, Steven S ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR FREE SURFACE; POLYURETHANE FOAMS (PUF);

BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHALENE; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLYURETHANES;

INDOOR AIR; POLYURETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 4344634115     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2004)130:9(983)     Document Type: Article

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