Dep. of Chemical Engineering
School of Engineering
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki
Prof. Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis, PhD
Director of Environmental Engineering Laboratory (EnvE-Lab)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - 54124,
Greece
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Materials analyzed
Dep. of Chemical Engineering
School of Engineering
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki
Basic Materials
• Red clay brick
• Cement
• Cement-brick
• Asbestos
• Sand
• Iron
• Copper
• Brass
• Aluminum
• Soil (for building materials production)
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Artificial Materials (A)
• Tiles (for wall and floors)
• Marble
• Granite
• Schist rock
• Rock material (Hard and Soft)
• Timber
• Limestones
• Redi stones
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Artificial Materials analysed
Floorings Paints and Varnishes
• Beech parquet • Floor wax
• PVC • Floor varnishing
• Laminate • Wall paint, solvent free
• Linoleum
• Polyolefin
• Wall paint, acrylic
• Resilient
• Wall paint, water based
Gypsum products and plaster boards
• Wall paint, latex dispersion
• Gypsum board
• SR plastering
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Wood based panels
• Fiberboard
• Hardboard
• Particleboard
• Melamine finished particle board
• Office/home furniture
• Plastic laminate assembly
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Artificial Materials analysed
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School of Engineering
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Special category: carpets
• Carpet Type 1: Fibers by 100% polyamide and 100% synthetic backing (unknown composition; not Styrene-
Butadiene-Rubber; SBR).
• Carpet Type 2: Fibers by 80% wool, 10% polyamide and 10% polypropylene and 100% synthetic backing
(SBR).
• Carpet Type 3: Fibers by 100% wool and 100% synthetic backing (SBR).
• Carpet Type 4: Fibers by 100% polyamide and 100% synthetic backing (SBR)
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Analysis method
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• A chamber of approximately
30 l was used
• The chamber was operating at 0.5 air changes per hour, at 23 0 C, while maintaining the relative humidity at 45%
• Air from the chambers was sampled and analysed on a
GC
E n C
Vc
A where E ( μg∙m −2 ·h −1
) is the emission rate; C
( μg∙m −3
) is the chamber concentration; A (m 2 ) is the emitting surface area; Vc (m 3 ) is the chamber volume and n (h-) is the air change rate
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Benzene emissions
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Toluene emissions
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Ethylbenzene emissions
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Xylenes emissions
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Formaldehyde emissions
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Acetaldehyde emissions
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Dep. of Chemical Engineering
School of Engineering
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki
• Natural materials such as marble, granite and metals do not emit at all industrial chemicals such as BTEX and carbonyls
• Significant variability among similar types of artificial materials
• Solvent-based paints are strong emitters of BTEX and carbonyls
• Wood based materials are strong emitters of acetaldehyde
• Gypsum based materials emit strongly both BTEX and carbonyls
• Formaldehyde is strongly emitted by several building materials; emissions factors are almost one magnitude of order higher compared to BTEX
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Dep. of Chemical Engineering
School of Engineering
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki
www.enve-lab.eu
A connectivity perspective to environment-health interactions
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