Ozone Reactive Chemistry on Interior Latex Paint

Reiss, Richard; Ryan, P. Barry; Koutrakis, Petros; Tibbetts, S J

doi:10.1021/es00008a007

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“…Weschler et al 5 found in a laboratory study that ozone, which is present in indoor environments where there are appreciable ambient concentrations, reacts with carpet to form formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and other C 5 -C 10 aldehydes. Reiss et al 6 have found that formaldehyde and acetaldehyde are formed from the reaction of ozone with latex paint. This indicates that ozone concentrations may affect indoor VOC concentrations.…”

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Measurement of Organic Acids, Aldehydes, and Ketones in Residential Environments and Their Relation to Ozone

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et al. 1995

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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Ozone and several polar volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including organic acids and carbonyls (aldehydes and ketones) were measured over an approximately 24 hour period in four residences during the winter of 1993 and in nine residences during the summer of 1993. All residences were in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area. The relation of the polar VOCs to the ozone concentration was examined. Indoor carbonyl concentrations were similar between the summer and winter, with the total mean winter concentration being 31.7 ppb and the total mean summer concentration being 36.6 ppb. However, the average air exchange rate was 0.9 hr 1 during the winter and 2.6 hr 1 during the summer. Therefore, the estimated carbonyl emission rates were significantly higher during the summer. Indoor organic acid concentrations were about twice as high during the summer as during the winter. For formic acid, the indoor winter mean was 9.8 ppb, and the summer indoor mean was 17.8 ppb. For acetic acid, the indoor winter mean was 15.5 ppb, and the summer indoor mean was 28.7 ppb. The concentrations of the polar VOCs were found to be significantly correlated with one another. Also, the emission rates of the polar VOCs were found to be correlated with both the environmental variables such as temperature and relative humidity and the ozone removal rate; however, it was difficult to apportion the relative effects of the environmental variables and the ozone removal.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Measurement of Organic Acids, Aldehydes, and Ketones in Residential Environments and Their Relation to Ozone

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et al. 1995

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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“…This factor was thus labeled ''secondary''. Reiss et al (1995b) found that aldehydes form from the reaction of ozone with latex paint. Similarly, Weschler et al (1992) found that in a laboratory study ozone reacted with carpet to form aldehydes.…”

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Ambient, indoor and personal exposure relationships of volatile organic compounds in Mexico City Metropolitan Area

Serrano-Trespalacios

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Spengler

2004

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Air pollution standards and control strategies are based on ambient measurements. For many outdoor air pollutants, individuals are closer to their sources (especially traffic) and there are important indoor sources influencing the relationship between ambient and personal exposures. This paper examines the relationship between volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measured at central site monitoring stations and personal exposures in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. Over a 1-year period, personal exposures to 34 VOCs were measured for 90 volunteers from 30 families living close to one of five central monitoring stations. Simultaneous 24-h indoor, outdoor and central site measurements were also taken. Dual packed thermal desorption tubes and C 18 DNPH-coated cartridges were used for sampling VOCs and these were analyzed by GC/MS and HPLC, respectively. A factor analysis of the personal exposure data aided in grouping compounds by the most likely source type: vehicular (BTEX, styrene and 1,3-butadiene), secondary formed or photochemical (most aldehydes), building materials and consumer products (formaldehyde and benzaldehyde), cleaning solvents (tetrachloroethene and 1,1,1-trichloroethane), volatilization from water (chloroform and trichloroethene) and deodorizers (1,4-dichlorobenzene). Mean ambient, indoor and personal concentrations were 7/7/14 mg/m 3 for benzene, 1/3/3 for 1,3-butadiene, 6/20/20 for formaldehyde and 3/9/50 for 1,4-dichlorobenzene. Geometric mean (GM) ambient concentrations of trichloroethene and carbon tetrachloride were similar to GM personal exposures. While outdoor and indoor home GM concentrations for most vehicular related compounds (benzene, MTBE, xylenes and styrene) were comparable, the GM personal exposures were twice as high. Indoor concentrations of 1,3-butadiene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, tetrachloroethane, chloroform, formaldehyde, valeraldehyde, propionaldehyde and n-butyraldehyde were comparable to personal exposures. For certain compounds, such as chloroform, aldehydes, toluene, 1,3-butadiene and 1,4-dichlorobenzene, GM personal exposures were more than two times greater than GM ambient measurements.

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“…For example, Sollinger et al (1994) report that the VOC emissions from carpets did not change with relative humidity over the range from 0 to 45% RH. On the other hand, the emissions of formic and acetic acids from latex paints have been reported to increase dramatically with relative humidity; for example, for one paint sample the emission rate for acetic acid almost tripled when the relative humidity was changed from 4-5% to 5-23% (Reiss et al, 1995b). A number of different aldehydes have been measured indoors (Crump & Gardiner, 1989;Lewis & Zweidinger, 1992;Zhang et al, 1994;Daisey et al, 1994;and Reiss et al, 1995a), some of which are directly emitted and some of which are formed by chemical reactions indoors of VOCs such as styrene.…”

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confidence: 99%