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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

Title:		Emission of biocides from treated materials: test procedures for water and air
Author(s):		Schoknecht U; Wegner R; Horn W; Jann O;
Address:		"Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), D-12200 Berlin, Germany. ute.schoknecht@bam.de"
Journal Title:		Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Year:		2003
Volume:		10
Issue:		3
Page Number:		154 - 161
DOI:		10.1065/espr2002.09.133
ISSN/ISBN:		0944-1344 (Print) 0944-1344 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Methods for the determination of biocide emissions from treated materials into water and air were developed and tested in order to support a comparative ecological assessment of biocidal products. Leaching tests, experiments with simulated rain, extraction cleaning of carpets and emission chamber tests were performed with a series of treated materials. The experiments focused on the effect of changes in the procedure as well as characteristics of the specimens and demonstrate the suitability of the proposed methods for biocides of different product types. It was demonstrated that emissions of biocides into water can be compared on the basis of leaching tests in which the emission kinetics of the active ingredients are recorded. However, the water volume per surface area and the timetable for water changes have to be defined in such tests. Functions of flux rates related to time can be well described for inorganic compounds, whereas modelling of the data is more complicated for organic substances. Emission chamber tests using 20-litre and 23-litre glass exsiccators, originally developed to study volatile organic compounds, were successfully adapted for the investigation of the emission of biocides from treated materials which are usually semi volatile organic compounds. However test parameters and the method of analysis have to be adapted to the substances to be determined. Generally, it was found that the emission curves for the semi volatile organic compounds investigated differ from those of volatile organic compounds"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants/*analysis Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollutants/*analysis Household Articles Humans Insecticides/*analysis Manufactured Materials/*analysis *Plants Polyurethanes/analysis Rain Volatilization Water;"
Notes:		"MedlineSchoknecht, Ute Wegner, Robby Horn, Wolfgang Jann, Oliver eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 2003/07/10 Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2003; 10(3):154-61. doi: 10.1065/espr2002.09.133"