Mass Transfer of Volatile Organic Compounds from Drinking Water to Indoor Air: The Role of Residential Dishwashers
Cynthia Howard-Reed, Richard L. Corsi & Jacqueline Moya · Environmental Science & Technology
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Published1999-07-01
DOI10.1021/es981354h
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In 29 experiments with a household dishwasher, a single cycle transferred 96–98% of the toluene, 97–98% of the ethylbenzene and 18–55% of the acetone that had been added as test chemicals to the incoming water into the air inside the dishwasher; its low but continuous ventilation, about 5.7 litres a minute, meant these compounds built up in that enclosed air.
Tap water spiked with test chemicals to study how dishwashers release volatile compounds into indoor air; it measures air composition, not odour, and does not identify what a dishwasher ordinarily smells of.EXTERNAL RECORD