Brown S K
Indoor Air. 1999 Sep;9(3):209-15. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.1999.t01-1-00008.x.
Volatile organic emissions from particleboard, medium density fibreboard (MDF) and office furniture have been measured in dynamic environmental chambers, both small and room-sized. Characterisation of product emission properties in small chambers was possible when inter- and intra-sheet variations were considered. Formaldehyde emission factors for all products were approximately double European low-emission specifications and did not decay to the latter for several months. Long-term emission behaviour could not be predicted from short-term measurements. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions were low for the MDF product, higher for particleboard, and highest for laminated office furniture. The compounds emitted differed from those reported in other countries. VOC emissions from the sheet products decreased more quickly than formaldehyde, reaching low levels within two weeks, except for MDF which was found to become a low-level source of hexanal after several months.
在小型和房间尺寸的动态环境舱中，已对刨花板、中密度纤维板（MDF）和办公家具的挥发性有机排放物进行了测量。当考虑板材间和板材内的差异时，在小型舱中对产品排放特性进行表征是可行的。所有产品的甲醛排放因子约为欧洲低排放规格的两倍，并且在几个月内都未降至后者的水平。无法从短期测量预测长期排放行为。中密度纤维板产品的挥发性有机化合物（VOC）排放量较低，刨花板的排放量较高，而层压办公家具的排放量最高。所排放的化合物与其他国家报告的不同。板材产品的VOC排放量比甲醛下降得更快，除中密度纤维板外，在两周内达到低水平，中密度纤维板在几个月后被发现成为己醛的低水平排放源。
