Chamber studies on mass-transfer of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) and di-n-butylphthalate (DnBP) from emission sources into house dust

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2840-2845

  Schripp, Tobias ^a   Fauck, Christian ^a   Salthammer, Tunga ^a  

^a Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Di(2 ethylhexyl)phthalate; Di n butylphthalate; House dust; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CAPILLARY FORCE; CHAMBER EXPERIMENTS; DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; DI-N-BUTYLPHTHALATE; DIRECT CONTACT; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION SOURCES; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; GASPHASE; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR MATERIALS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CONTENT; PHTHALATES; PLASTICIZED PVC; REAL-ROOM MEASUREMENTS; SOURCE AND SINK; UPTAKE MECHANISM;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTERS; EXPERIMENTS; HOUSES; MASS TRANSFER; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

DUST;

PAINT; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; MASS TRANSFER; PHTHALATE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77953959344     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.054     Document Type: Article

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