Formaldehyde levels in forty East-Tennessee homes

Conference · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1983

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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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