Influence of temperature on styrene emission from a vinyl ester resin thermoset composite material

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3403-3408

  Crawford, Shaun ^a   Lungu, Claudiu T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission factor; Environmental test chamber; Styrene; Vinyl ester resin; VOC; Volatile emissions

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; CORROSION-RESISTANT; E-GLASS FIBERS; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION MODEL; EMISSION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL TEST CHAMBER; FREE STYRENES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; STYRENE EMISSION; STYRENE MONOMER; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMOSET COMPOSITE MATERIALS; TOTAL MASS; TRANSFER METHOD; VINYL ESTER RESIN; VOLATILE EMISSIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GLASS FIBERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCEAN STRUCTURES; RESINS; THERMOSETS; VINYL RESINS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

STYRENE;

STYRENE; VINYL ACETATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COMPOSITE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EMISSION; INDOOR AIR; MASS TRANSFER; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RESIN; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COMPOSITE RESINS; STYRENE; TEMPERATURE; VINYL COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTION; COMPOSITES; CONSTRUCTION; EMISSION; EQUIPMENT; ESTER GROUPS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GLASS FIBERS; OCEANS; STYRENE; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TEST CONDITIONS; THERMOSETS; VOC; VOLATILES CONTENT;

EID: 79959739053     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.042     Document Type: Article

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