Emission rates of volatile organic compounds released from newly produced household furniture products using a large-scale chamber testing method

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 1597-1622

  Ho, Duy Xuan ^a   Kim, Ki Hyun ^a   Sohn, Jong Ryeul ^b   Oh, Youn Hee ^b   Ahn, Ji Won ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chamber test; Emission rate; Furniture products; Health hazard; Total volatile organic compound (TVOC); Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DECANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HALOGENATED PARAFFIN; HEPTANE; HEXADECANE; HEXANE; NONANE; OCTANE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARAFFIN; PINENE; STYRENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TETRADECANE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRIDECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BEDSIDE TABLE; CABINET; DESK CHAIR; DINING TABLE; EMISSION RATE; EXHAUST GAS; FURNITURE; HUMIDITY; LARGE SCALE CHAMBER TESTING METHOD; MEASUREMENT; SOFA;

INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053216935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2011/650624     Document Type: Article

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