Application to Determine VOCs Emission from Adhesives for Building Materials Using VOC Analyzer

摘要

The VOC analyzer is a portable equipment to measure the 4 main 4 aromatic hydrocarbon gases: benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and o-xylene. With the VOC analyzer, a semiconductor gas sensor eliminates the need for a carrier gas which is required for conventional gas chromatographs. In addition, since the semiconductor gas sensor is supersensitive to gas components, it is not necessary to use a conventional gas concentrator or other complicated apparatuses. Compared with other measurement methods, it is useful to measure BTEX in new buildings because it is easy to get results from the field and repeat the test. In addition, we can control for the harmful emission of gaseous products because the analyzer can measure BTEX during the manufacturing process of adhesives, paint, furniture and building materials. This article describes a method to determine the VOC emission from adhesives for building materials with the VOC analyzer.