Association between the emission rate and temperature for chemical pollutants in building materials: General correlation and understanding

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8540-8547

  Xiong, Jianyin ^a   Wei, Wenjuan ^b   Huang, Shaodan ^b   Zhang, Yinping ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION; GENERAL CORRELATIONS; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SVOCS); THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

FORMALDEHYDE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

FORMALDEHYDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMALDEHYDE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84881463904     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401173d     Document Type: Article

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