Formaldehyde surface-emission monitor. Protocol I: pressed-wood products

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6109036

Matthews, T G; Daffron, C R; Corey, M D

The formaldehyde surface emission monitor (FSEM) has been developed for passive non-destructive measurement of formaldehyde (CH/sub 2/O) emission rates from CH/sub 2/O resin-containing materials. It is envisaged as a potential quality control and in-situ monitoring technique. For quality control applications to pressed-wood products, strong correlations between the results of the FSEM and environmentally controlled (small scale) chamber tests were observed. The FSEM is used to measure the cumulative CH/sub 2/O emission from a finite area of pressed-wood product during a fixed test period. The final result is reported as an average CH/sub 2/O emission rate (mg CH/sub 2/O/m/sup 2/h).

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6109036
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-8656; ON: DE83013731
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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