| Title |
Influence of relative humidity on VOC concentrations in indoor air
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11356-014-3678-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Pawel Markowicz, Lennart Larsson |
| Abstract |
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) may be emitted from surfaces indoors leading to compromised air quality. This study scrutinized the influence of relative humidity (RH) on VOC concentrations in a building that had been subjected to water damage. While air samplings in a damp room at low RH (21-22 %) only revealed minor amounts of 2-ethylhexanol (3 μg/m(3)) and 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol diisobutyrate (TXIB, 8 μg/m(3)), measurements performed after a rapid increase of RH (to 58-75 %) revealed an increase in VOC concentrations which was 3-fold for 2-ethylhexanol and 2-fold for TXIB. Similar VOC emission patterns were found in laboratory analyses of moisture-affected and laboratory-contaminated building materials. This study demonstrates the importance of monitoring RH when sampling indoor air for VOCs in order to avoid misleading conclusions from the analytical results. |
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| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Ireland | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 80 | 96% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 19% |
| Researcher | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 19% |
| Unknown | 11 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Engineering | 18 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 9 | 11% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 10% |
| Materials Science | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 23% |
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