Study on Formaldehyde Pollution in Indoor Air of the Newly Decorated House / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the status quo of formaldehyde pollution in indoor air of the decorated houses. Methods 54 apartments that have been decorated for one month to almost two years and 52 roughcast apartments were selected and the concentrations of formaldehyde were determined by acetylacetone spectrophotometry. Results The results showed that in the same time after decorating, there was significant difference of formaldehyde concentrations between higher and lower temperature periods (P