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Emission rates of volatile organic compounds released from newly produced household furniture products using a large-scale chamber testing method.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2011; 11:1597-622.S

Abstract

The emission rates of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured to investigate the emission characteristics of five types of common furniture products using a 5 m(3) size chamber at 25°C and 50% humidity. The results indicated that toluene and α-pinene are the most dominant components. The emission rates of individual components decreased constantly through time, approaching the equilibrium emission level. The relative ordering of their emission rates, if assessed in terms of total VOC (TVOC), can be arranged as follows: dining table > sofa > desk chair > bedside table > cabinet. If the emission rates of VOCs are examined between different chemical groups, they can also be arranged in the following order: aromatic (AR) > terpenes (TER) > carbonyl (CBN) > others > paraffin (PR) > olefin (HOL) > halogenated paraffin (HPR). In addition, if emission strengths are compared between coated and uncoated furniture, there is no significant difference in terms of emission magnitude. Our results indicate that the emission characteristics of VOC are greatly distinguished between different furniture products in terms of relative dominance between different chemicals.

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Ho DX
Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea.
Kim KH
No affiliation info available
Sohn JR
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Oh YH
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Ahn JW
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MeSH

Interior Design and FurnishingsVolatile Organic Compounds

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22125421

Citation

Ho, Duy Xuan, et al. "Emission Rates of Volatile Organic Compounds Released From Newly Produced Household Furniture Products Using a Large-scale Chamber Testing Method." TheScientificWorldJournal, vol. 11, 2011, pp. 1597-622.
Ho DX, Kim KH, Sohn JR, et al. Emission rates of volatile organic compounds released from newly produced household furniture products using a large-scale chamber testing method. ScientificWorldJournal. 2011;11:1597-622.
Ho, D. X., Kim, K. H., Sohn, J. R., Oh, Y. H., & Ahn, J. W. (2011). Emission rates of volatile organic compounds released from newly produced household furniture products using a large-scale chamber testing method. TheScientificWorldJournal, 11, 1597-622. https://doi.org/10.1100/2011/650624
Ho DX, et al. Emission Rates of Volatile Organic Compounds Released From Newly Produced Household Furniture Products Using a Large-scale Chamber Testing Method. ScientificWorldJournal. 2011;11:1597-622. PubMed PMID: 22125421.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Emission rates of volatile organic compounds released from newly produced household furniture products using a large-scale chamber testing method. AU - Ho,Duy Xuan, AU - Kim,Ki-Hyun, AU - Sohn,Jong Ryeul, AU - Oh,Youn Hee, AU - Ahn,Ji-Won, Y1 - 2011/09/08/ PY - 2011/05/07/received PY - 2011/08/12/revised PY - 2011/08/12/accepted PY - 2011/11/30/entrez PY - 2011/11/30/pubmed PY - 2012/3/28/medline KW - chamber test KW - emission rate KW - furniture products KW - health hazard KW - total volatile organic compound (TVOC) KW - volatile organic compounds (VOCs) SP - 1597 EP - 622 JF - TheScientificWorldJournal JO - ScientificWorldJournal VL - 11 N2 - The emission rates of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured to investigate the emission characteristics of five types of common furniture products using a 5 m(3) size chamber at 25°C and 50% humidity. The results indicated that toluene and α-pinene are the most dominant components. The emission rates of individual components decreased constantly through time, approaching the equilibrium emission level. The relative ordering of their emission rates, if assessed in terms of total VOC (TVOC), can be arranged as follows: dining table > sofa > desk chair > bedside table > cabinet. If the emission rates of VOCs are examined between different chemical groups, they can also be arranged in the following order: aromatic (AR) > terpenes (TER) > carbonyl (CBN) > others > paraffin (PR) > olefin (HOL) > halogenated paraffin (HPR). In addition, if emission strengths are compared between coated and uncoated furniture, there is no significant difference in terms of emission magnitude. Our results indicate that the emission characteristics of VOC are greatly distinguished between different furniture products in terms of relative dominance between different chemicals. SN - 1537-744X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/22125421/Emission_rates_of_volatile_organic_compounds_released_from_newly_produced_household_furniture_products_using_a_large_scale_chamber_testing_method_ L2 - https://doi.org/10.1100/2011/650624 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -