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. 2020 Oct 6;12(10):2289. doi: 10.3390/polym12102289

Table 1.

VOCs emitted from wood.

Extractives/Group of VOCs VOC Pine * Spruce * Larch * Fir Douglas Fir Aspen Oak Beech Wood Species
Concentration in the Test Chamber (µg/m3)
Sapwood/Heartwood
Concentration in the Test Chamber (µg/m3)
Sapwood/Heartwood
Concentration in the Test Chamber (µg/m3)
Sapwood/Heartwood
Terpenes α-pinene 3459/294 [31,44,60,70,71,73,74] 119/320 [60,71,75] 126/509 [76] [61,77] [78] Reference
β-pinene 13/16 [44,60,70,74] −/74 [60,71,75] 4/14 [61,77] [78]
Camphene 23/10 [44,70,71,74] <1/− [71,75] <1/6 [76] [61,77]
Δ3-carene 108/40 [31,44,60,70,71,74] 63/45 [71,75] 17/16 [76] [61,77] [78]
Limonene 5/<1 [31,44,70,74] 30/19 [60,71,75] 13/7 [61,77] [78]
Aldehydes Benzaldehyde <1/6 [70,71,74] <1/1 [75] 7/3 [79] [71]
Decanal 11/16 [70,74] [71,75] 7/− [71]
Furfural / [70,71,74] / [71] / [71]
Hexanal 4/162 [31,44,70,71,74] −/17 [71,75] 8/24 [76,79] [71] [16]
Nonanal 4/12 [71,74] 4/12 [71,75] 7/10 [76,79] [71]
Octanal 1/7 [70,74] <1/− 5/5 [71]
Pentanal [70,71,74] −/18 [71]
Formaldehyde / [80,81] / [80,81] / [81] [81,82] [81]
Acids Acetic acid / [31,71,74] / [71] / [76,79] [71] [16,83] [83]

Note: a group of most abundant VOCs emitted from different species of wood, comprising concentrations of VOCs emitted from sapwood/heartwood on day 31 -values based on the recent study from Czajka et al. [72]. Some other compounds, e.g., Thymol, Myrtenal, Thujen, Terpinen or Terpineol, were detected by GC-MS. * most often used industrial wood species.

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