1. Context
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have a wide range of physico-chemical properties and uses . They are essentially solvents, plasticizers, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds, all of which can cause odor nuisance. Their definition, the regulation of their concentrations and the associated measurement methods therefore depend on the gaseous environments to be characterized (emissions from stationary sources, ambient air, workplace air and indoor air). For trace analysis, which mainly concerns outdoor ambient air and indoor air, different sampling principles apply depending...
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Bibliography
Websites
Observatoire de la qualité de l'air intérieur http://www.oqai.fr (pages consulted on April 17, 2012)
Standards and norms
- Indoor air, ambient air and workplace air: sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by thermal adsorption/desorption tube/capillary gas chromatography – Part 2: Diffusion sampling - ISO 16017-2 - 2003
- Workplace air quality: sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by solvent desorption/gas chromatography – Part 2: Pump sampling method - ISO 16200-2 - 2000
- Workplace air quality: sampling...
Regulations
Décret n° 2011-1727 du 2 décembre 2011 relatif aux valeurs guides pour l "air intérieur pour le formaldéhyde et le benzène, JORF n° 0281 du 4 décembre 2011 page 20529 NOR : DEVP1116199D
Patents
Gas sampling device and method, patent application no. 1003271 of 08/08/2010
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