- Author
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Martin, J. W.
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Persily, A. K.
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Guenther, F. R.
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Nguyen, T.
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Liggett, W. S., Jr.
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Byrd, W. E.
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Oakley, L.
- Title
- Materials-Science Based Approach to Phenol Emissions From a Flooring Material in an Office Building.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Indoor Air Quality and Climate, 7th International Conference. Proceedings. Indoor Air '96. Volume 2. July 21-26, 1996,
Nagoya, Japan,
109-114 p.,
1996
- Keywords
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phenol
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emissions
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air quality
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flooring
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epoxy
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office buildings
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sampling
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thermogravimetric analysis
- Identifiers
- epoxy floor-leveling material; results from studies of leveling material
- Abstract
- After several years of indoor air quality complaints in an office building, it was hypothesized that phenol emissions from an epoxy floor-leveling material were the source of the complaints. A materials-science based study was performed to ascertain whether phenol, or any other volatile organic compound, was being emitted from the floor-leveling material. The chemical composition and physical properties of the leveling material were determined using a variety of analytical procedures typical of a materials-science based approach. It was concluded that the floor-leveling material contained phenol, and that the measured concentrations ranged from 0.25% to 0.52% of the material's mass. Several strategies for mitigating the phenol emissions were considered, and it was concluded that the most practical strategy would be to remove the floor-leveling material from the building and replace it with a portland cement-based material.