Estimation of the contribution of human skin and ozone reaction to volatile organic compounds (VOC) concentration in aircraft cabins

Building and Environment

Volumn 94, Issue P1, 2015, Pages 12-20

  Gao, Kai ^a   Xie, Jiarong ^a   Yang, Xudong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aircraft cabin; Contribution; Human skin; Ozonization; Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; FATTY ACIDS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINOLEIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; OZONIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONTRIBUTION; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HUMAN SKIN; MEASUREMENTS OF; OZONE REACTIONS; OZONOLYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC); VOLATILE PRODUCTS;

CABINS (AIRCRAFT);

AIRCRAFT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; OZONE; SKIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84939186656     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.07.022     Document Type: Article

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