Formaldehyde levels in forty East-Tennessee homes

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6804258

Hawthorne, A R; Gammage, R B; Dudney, C S; Matthews, T G; Erdman, D J

Extensive measurements of formaldehyde levels were conducted in 40 East Tennessee homes as part of a larger indoor air quality study. Measurements were made with passive, integrating monitors for a period of 24 h in three rooms of each house and outdoors as part of a larger indoor air quality study. Monthly measurements of this type were made in the study houses from April through mid-December of 1982. Over 6000 formaldehyde field measurements were made during the study. The measured formaldehyde concentrations were generally lower in older homes. Older houses averaged 40 ppB of formaldehyde while houses less than 5 years old averaged 80 ppB. Formaldehyde levels exhibited a statistically significant temperature dependence in most homes with formaldehyde concentrations greater than 80 ppB. Homes with ureaformaldehyde foam insulation were more likely to show this relationship. 9 references, 2 figures, 1 table.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6804258
• Report Number(s): CONF-840803-12; ON: DE84016672
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. international conference on indoor air quality and climate, Stockholm, Sweden, 20 Aug 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
FORMALDEHYDE
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
MONITORING
HOUSES
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
TENNESSEE
THERMAL INSULATION
UREA-FORMALDEHYDE FOAMS
AIR POLLUTION
ALDEHYDES
BUILDINGS
COLLOIDS
DATA
DISPERSIONS
FEDERAL REGION IV
FOAMS
INFORMATION
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
USA
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)