Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are common chemical contaminants found in office and home environments and are a source of odors. VOCs are organic (containing carbon) chemicals that can easily evaporate into the air. Many products found in the office environment may have the potential to release VOCs. Examples include: Caulks, sealants, and

Among volatile organic sulfur compounds, dimethylsulfide (DMS, PM63) and methanethiol (MT, PM49) are two of the most frequent products of plant 

VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, are compounds that contain carbon atoms and that, at room temperature, easily evaporate. Too small to see and virtually omnipresent both indoors and out, they can be inhaled in normal breathing. “Volatile” means that the compound vaporizes. “Organic” in this context means “containing carbon

VOCs are a class of chemicals that are volatile (evaporate easily) and are organic compounds (contain carbon atoms). Some common VOCs include acetone and 

Volatile organic compounds or VOCs are any compounds that can very easily mix into the air. Most VOCs have low boiling points, so they evaporate quickly relative to other compounds. VOCs can include both man-made compounds or smells and natural compounds. Here are a couple of examples: The flowery smell of growing plant life; Paint – this

The What is a Volatile Organic Compound guide which can be downloaded below provides the reader with an in-depth balance of knowledge outlining what a VOC is and the common environments in which you are most likely to come into contact/exposed to these airborne compounds. We also discuss the wide range of tools that are available on the market

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Volatile organic Compounds (VOC) are hazardous air pollutants that include aerosols, asbestos, carbon monoxide released from gas fumes, dust gas fumes, paints, soot, and other resultant compounds such as decane, heptane, ethylbenzene and nonane (Gibson et al 5). Emissions from Volatile organic Compounds encountered in everyday life have a

Volatile organic compounds are compounds that have a high vapor pressure and low water solubility. Many VOCs are human-made chemicals that are used and produced in

Other VOCs such as methyl salicylate (MeSA) and monoterpenes (i.e., camphene and pinene) (Riedlmeier et al., ) have been found to actively 

Non-methane volatile organic compounds, or NMVOC, is the collective name of a large number of gaseous organic compounds, not including methane, which at a temperature of 293.15° K has a vapour pressure of 0.01 kPa or more 1.The group includes e.g. alcohols, aldehydes and alkanes 2 and examples of substances included in the group are benzene, xylene, propane and butane 3.