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Scavenging Effect of Injurious VOC from Flooring using Green Tea Leaves Powder  

Kang, Seog Goo (Department of Forest Products, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Hwa Hyoung (Department of Forest Products, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology / v.36, no.6, 2008 , pp. 49-58 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research was carried out to use green tea leaves powder for scavenging effects of volatile organic compounds on the UV varnishes and adhesives of fancy cherry veneer overlaid on the PF resin bonded Meranti plywood. The results are as follows: 1) Green tea leaves contained 9.85% of polyphenol compounds. 2) FT-IR results showed green tea leaves had effects to react with benzaldehyde and ethyl hexyl alcohol to form a chemical bond. 3) 2.5% of green tea leaves powder content was proper for scavenging effect on the UV varnishes and adhesives of fancy veneer overlaid on the PF resin bonded plywood 4) 20 liters small chamber test indicated excellent emission speed results such as $0.089mg/m^2hr$ of TVOC and $0.001mg/m^2hr$ of HCHO (on 7th day), as compared with standard (less than $0.1mg/m^2hr$ of TVOC and $0.015mg/m^2hr$ of HCHO emission are the excellent grade).
Keywords
Green tea leaves powder; scavenging effect; total volatile organic compounds (TVOC); formaldehyde (HCHO); small chamber test; FT-IR; GC-MS;
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