Formaldehyde in the newly erected and decorated houses in Guangzhou

摘要

In this paper, we present our study on the measurement of the indoor formaldehyde concentrations in newly erected and decorated residential buildings in Guangzhou using SKC Formaldehyde-Monitoring-Kit. Our measurements show that the concentrations ranged from 0.070 to 0.373 mg/m{sup}3, and most of them exceed the 0.lppmv indoor air quality standard for formaldehyde in USA and Canada, or 0.080-mg/m{sup}3 standard in China. Our results also indicate that wood products are the main sources of the indoor formaldehyde.