Comparison of VOC emissions between air-dried and heat-treated Norway spruce (Picea abies), Scots pine (Pinus sylvesteris) and European aspen (Populus tremula) wood

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 5028-5033

  Hyttinen, Marko ^a   Masalin Weijo, Marika ^a   Kalliokoski, Pentti ^a   Pasanen, Pertti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air dried; Emissions; Heat treatment; VOC; Wood

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS; HEAT-TREATED WOOD; HEXANAL; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; NORWAY SPRUCE; POPULUS TREMULA; ROT FUNGI; SCOTS PINE; STEADY STATE; VOC; VOC EMISSIONS; WOOD SAMPLES;

AIR QUALITY; ALDEHYDES; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OLEFINS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOFTWOODS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CURING;

1 METHYL 4 (1 METHYLETHENYL)BENZENE; 3 CARENE; ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; BETA FELLANDRENE; BETA MYRSENE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FURFURAL; HEXANAL; LIMONENE; PINENE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ALDEHYDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUNGUS; HEATING; INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WOOD QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESICCATION; EUROPEAN ASPEN; HEAT TREATMENT; NORWAY SPRUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTS PINE; STEADY STATE; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALDEHYDES; CURING; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; EMISSION; OLEFINS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOFTWOODS; VOC; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FUNGI; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 77958164627     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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