A study on the similarities between water vapor and voc diffusion in porous media by a dual chamber method

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 444-453

  Xu, Jing ^a   Zhang, Jianshun ^a   Grunewald, John ^a   Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Plagge, Rudolf ^b   Ouali, Amiri ^c   Allard, Francis ^c  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium silicate; Diffusion coefficient; Dual chamber; Emissions; Indoor Air; Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EMISSION; INDOOR AIR; POROUS MEDIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 69549120712     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900227     Document Type: Article

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