The FLEC® has been validated and used in research for many years.
Below is a publication list of journal articles, abstracts, poster or oral presentations where the FLEC or CHEMATEC’s other products have been in focus.
If you have anything that can be added to the list, we encourage you to contact CHEMATEC.
2011 |
An, Jae-Yoon; Kim, Sumin; Kim, Hyun-Joong Formaldehyde and TVOC emission behavior of laminate flooring by structure of laminate flooring and heating condition Journal Article In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 187, no. 1, pp. 44 - 51, 2011, ISSN: 0304-3894. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Air circulation system, Floor heating system, Formaldehyde, Laminate flooring, VOCs @article{AN201144,Formaldehyde was measured with a desiccator, a 20L chamber and the FLEC method. The formaldehyde emission rate from laminate was the highest at 32°C using the desiccator, which then decreased with time. The formaldehyde emission using the 20L small chamber and FLEC showed a similar tendency. There was a strong correlation between the formaldehyde and total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) with both types of floorings using the two different methods. The formaldehyde emission rate and TVOC results were higher when tested using the FLEC method than with the 20L small chamber method. The emission rate was affected by the joint edge length in laminate flooring. Toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene were the main VOCs emitted from laminate flooring, and there were more unidentified VOCs emitted than identified VOCs. The samples heated with a floor heating system emitted more formaldehyde than those heated using an air circulation system due to the temperature difference between the bottom panel and flooring. The TVOC emission level of the samples was higher when an air circulation system was used than when a floor heating system was used due to the high ventilation rate. |
2010 |
An, Jae-Yoon; Kim, Sumin; Kim, Hyun-Joong; Seo, Janghoo Emission behavior of formaldehyde and TVOC from engineered flooring in under heating and air circulation systems Journal Article In: Building and Environment, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 1826 - 1833, 2010, ISSN: 0360-1323. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Air circulation system, Engineered flooring, Floor heating system, Formaldehyde, VOCs @article{AN20101826,Formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the adhesive, flooring, and flooring with adhesive were measured using a desiccator, a 20-L chamber and a field and laboratory emission cell (FLEC). Flooring with an adhesive is similar to that used in construction was applied to a floor heating system and an air circulation system, and the surface temperature of the flooring was set to 20 °C, 26 °C and 32 °C. The rate of formaldehyde emission from the flooring was the highest at 32 °C using a desiccator and decreased with time. The formaldehyde and aldehyde emissions from the samples using a 20-L chamber and FLEC showed a similar tendency. The VOCs emission trends with the 20-L chamber and FLEC were similar. The rate of formaldehyde and TVOC emission determined using FLEC was higher than that determined using the 20-L chamber method. The flooring emitted primarily benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, styrene, xylene, as well as some unknown VOCs. There was a strong correlation between formaldehyde and TVOC emission for the 20-L chamber and FLEC. Samples using a floor heating system showed higher formaldehyde emission than those using an air circulation system. The level of TVOC emission was higher from the samples using an air circulation system than those using the floor heating system. |