Variable volume loading method: A convenient and rapid method for measuring the initial emittable concentration and partition coefficient of formaldehyde and other aldehydes in building materials

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 10111-10116

  Xiong, Jianyin ^a,b   Yan, Wei ^b   Zhang, Yinping ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE NATIONAL STANDARD; CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEXANAL; IN-BUILDINGS; KEY PARAMETERS; MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARDS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PROPANAL; RAPID METHOD; TEST TIME; VARIABLE VOLUME;

BUILDING MATERIALS; FORMALDEHYDE; MASS TRANSFER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

FORMALDEHYDE; HEXANAL; PROPIONALDEHYDE;

BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMALDEHYDE; MASS TRANSFER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLUME;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIABLE VOLUME LOADING METHOD;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALDEHYDES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FORMALDEHYDE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 82355190974     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202117w     Document Type: Article

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