The trapping of indoor air contaminants

• Authors: Mike Strommen , Hyman Gesser
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The removal of indoor air contaminants by reactivity with air filters coated with reagents has been found to be effective for aldehydes, acidic and basic vapours as well as isocyanates Coatings of polymeric amines were used for formaldehyde trapping as well as for the removal of acidic vapours and for the removal of isocyanates. The addition of glycerol as a plasticizer for the coating can also be an effective reagent.

Keywords

EN

Indoor air; Aldehydes; Acids; Bases; Isocyanates

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 404-409

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2011

online

22 - 3 - 2011

Contributors

author

Mike Strommen

• 3M, Wind Energy, 3M

author

Hyman Gesser

• University of Manitoba

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-011-0030-x