Cocentrations of selected chemical species in the airliner cabin environment

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  MacGregor, Ian C ^a   Spicer, Chester W ^b   Buehler, Stephanie S ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SpiceAir Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft cabin; Indoor air quality; Ozone; Passenger exposure; SVOC; VOC

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIRCRAFT CABINS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BLEED AIR; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COMMERCIAL AIRLINER; CONCENTRATION OF; DETECTION LIMITS; DICHLOROBENZENES; ELEVATED LEVEL; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INSTRUMENT DETECTION LIMITS; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PERMETHRIN; REGULATORY STANDARDS; REVENUE SERVICES; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TIME INTERVAL; TRICRESYL PHOSPHATES;

ACETONE; AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOMERS; NAPHTHALENE; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STANDARDS; TAXATION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CABINS (AIRCRAFT);

EID: 76649141591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI101639     Document Type: Article

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