Formaldehyde emissions from ventilation filters under different relative humidity conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5336-5343

  Sidheswaran, Meera ^a   Chen, Wenhao ^b   Chang, Agatha ^b,c   Miller, Robert ^b   Cohn, Sebastian ^a   Sullivan, Douglas ^a   Fisk, William J ^a   Kumagai, Kazukiyo ^a,b   Destaillats, Hugo ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW VELOCITY; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; POLYMERIC CONSTITUENTS; REACTION MECHANISM; SYNTHETIC FILTERS; VENTILATION FILTERS;

AIR CONDITIONING; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

FORMALDEHYDE; GLASS FIBER; OIL; POLYESTER;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMIDITY; OFFICE LOCATION; REACTION KINETICS; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMIDITY; HYDROLYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

FILTRATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMIDITY; VENTILATION;

EID: 84878262114     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400290p     Document Type: Article

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