Performance test for evaluating the reduction of VOCs in rooms and evaluating the lifetime of sorptive building materials

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-215

  Seo, Janghoo ^a   Kato, Shinsuke ^a   Ataka, Yuji ^b   Chino, Satoko ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Yoshino Gypsum Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long term reduction performance; Sorption experiment; Sorptive building materials; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CALCIUM; CARBON; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHARCOAL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ETHYLBENZENE; GYPSUM; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILICATES; SORPTION; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

GYPSUM BOARDS; LONG-TERM REDUCTION PERFORMANCE; SORPTION EXPERIMENT; SORPTIVE BUILDING MATERIALS; VOCS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTHERM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 51449095727     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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