2012Journal ArticleMethod / modelling

Measurements of formaldehyde and TVOC emission from paints and coating materials using small chamber method for building composites

Kim, Jin-A. · Kim, Sumin · Kim, Hyun-Joong · Seo, Janghoo

Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition

In: Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition, vol. 27, pp. 120–125, 2012.

Editorial summary

The study measures formaldehyde and total VOC emissions from paints and coating materials intended for building composites. Results from a 20-litre chamber are evaluated alongside FLEC measurements to compare small-scale emission-testing approaches.

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FLEC use

FLEC method, modelling or validation

The paper substantively evaluates FLEC against a 20-litre chamber for paint and coating emissions. Under the taxonomy's method-comparison precedence, this head-to-head test is method rather than direct.

Topics

FLECformaldehydeTVOCpaintcoating materials