Long-Term Formaldehyde Emissions from Medium-Density Fiberboard in a Full-Scale Experimental Room: Emission Characteristics and the Effects of Temperature and Humidity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 10349-10356

  Liang, Weihui ^a   Yang, Shen ^a   Yang, Xudong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FORMALDEHYDE;

EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARDS; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

TEMPERATURE;

FORMALDEHYDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MODEL VALIDATION; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WINTER; WOOD; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMIDITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84940979393     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02217     Document Type: Article

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