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Abstract
Research at the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is being conducted to identify the compounds emitted from wood products during their manufacture and subsequent use. The FPL researchers are measuring the types and quantities of VOCs that are emitted from particleboard and MDF products to provide quantitative emissions information. This information can be used by other researchers studying indoor air quality of homes and offices where these products are used. The FPL researchers are also evaluating emissions during the manufacture of various composite wood products. Measuring emissions during manufacture of wood composites provides information about the relationship between manufacturing conditions and the types and quantities of emissions. This information will help determine whether changes in manufacturing conditions can be used to reduce emission levels and what the best control strategies are for the types of compounds that are emitted.
Keywords
Clean Air Act amendments,
Forest Products Laboratory,
hazardous air pollutant,
maximum achievable control technology,
medium density fiberboard,
oriented strandboard,
phenol-formaldehyde,
polymeric methylene diisocyanate,
volatile organic compounds,
emission,
testing,
manufactures,
adhesives,
particleboard,
fiberboard,
volatile compounds,
air quality,
composite materials,
VOCs,
adhesives,
organic compounds,
emission,
testing
Citation
Baumann, Melissa G. D. 1999. Air quality and composite wood products. Women in natural resources. Vol. 20, no. 4 (Summer 1999): p. 4-6.
