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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Hazard Mater. 2021 Jul 29;422:126771. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126771

Table 1.

List of NEBMs utilized in the study – family (source), material code, material description, composition, investigated lifecycle scenarios and released LCPM2.5 code

Family of building material Material Code Material Description Composition Lifecycle scenarios investigated Released LCPM Code
Coatings (source: Synthesized at BASF labs, Germany) ACR Acrylic polymerbased matrix (applied on pure quartz substrate at ~100 µm thickness) Matrix = Acrylic (~52–53 wt%) + alumina-passivated non-nano TiO2 pigment (~42–43 wt%) Incineration I_ACR
UV-Aging followed by Incineration I_UV_ACR
Fe(s)- Acrylic matrix Matrix + 1.5 wt% Incineration I_Fe(s)-ACR
ACR with iron oxide nanofiller Fe2O3 nanofiller of mean size ~37 nm UV-Aging followed by Incineration I_UV_Fe(s)ACR
Fe(L)ACR Acrylic matrix with iron oxide nanofiller Matrix + 1.5 wt% Fe2 O3 nanofiller of mean size ~150 nm Incineration I_Fe(L)-ACR
DPP-ACR Acrylic matrix with *DPP-Red organic nanofiller Matrix + 1.5 wt% DPP-Red nanofiller of mean size ~43 nm Incineration I_DPP-ACR
UV-Aging followed by Incineration I_UV_DPP-ACR
Insulations (source: local construction workers union in Boston, MA) INS1 Cryogenic insulation blanket **Trimethylated Silica (40 – 50%), Fibrous Glass (10 – 20%), Polyethylene Terephthalate (10 – 20%), Magnesium Hydroxide (<5%), Aluminum (<5%) Sanding M_INS1
Incineration I_INS1
INS2 Hightemperature insulation blanket **Trimethylated Silica (40–50%), Fibrous glass (textile grade) (40–50%), Titanium Dioxide (1–5%), Aluminum Trihydrate (1–5%) Sanding M_INS2
Incineration I_INS2***
*

DPP Red (aka Pigment Red 254): Organic pigment with an IUPAC name of 3,6-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione, molecular formula C18H10Cl2N2O2 and CAS No. 84632–65-5

**

Obtained from the material safety data sheet (MSDS) provided by the manufacturer

***

Negligible PM2.5 collected due to lack of thermal degradation of the material, even at temperatures higher than 850 °C