Personal exposures to volatile organic compounds in Germany

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Scope

What are the current exposures to key volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Germany?

Definition

The current list of key VOCs is the following:

n-hexane n-heptane n-octane n-nonane n-decane n-undecane n-dodecane n-tridecane n-tetradecane n-pentadecane 2-methylpentane 3-methylpentane 2,3-dimethylpentane 2-methylhexane 3-methylhexane 2-methylheptane 3-methylheptane methylcyclopentane cyclohexane methylcyclohexane benzene toluene ethylbenzene o-xylene 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene 1,2,4,-trimethylbenzene 1,3,5 trimethylbenzene styrene naphtalene 4-phenylcyclohexene 1,1,1-trichloroethane trichloroethylene tetrachloroethylene a-pinene b-pinene 3-carene limonene ethylacetate n-butylacetate methyl ethyl ketone 3-heptatone methyl benzoate n-butanol^a iso-butanol^a iso-amyl alcohol^a 2- ethyl-1-hexanol^a 2-propanol^a t-butyl methylether

Data

There is one very relevant study for this purpose: The German Environmental Survey 1990/92 (GerES II). . It is old, though. For detailed data, see Concentration Database or [1].

Causality

None listed.

Unit

µg/m³

(as the long-term average concentration in the breathing zone in air)

Formula

+ Show code- Hide code expdata = read.table("N:/ILMA/_Projects/iF/Database/condb/VOC_P_12.csv", header=TRUE, sep=",")

Result

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CAS#	Name	Median
110-54-3	hexane	9
142-82-5	n-heptane	5
111-65-9	n-octane	2
111-84-2	nonane	3
124-18-5	decane	5
1120-21-4	undecane	4
112-40-3	n-dodecane	5
629-50-5	n-tridecane	2
629-59-4	n-tetradecane	3
629-62-9	n-pentadecane	3
107-83-5	2-methylpentane	13
96-14-0	3-methylpentane	6
565-59-3	2,3-dimethylpentane	4
591-76-4	2-methylhexane	2
589-34-4	3-methylhexane	4
592-27-8	2-methylheptane	0.5
589-81-1	3-methylheptane	0.5
96-37-7	methylcyclopentane	3
110-82-7	cyclohexane	3
108-87-2	methylcyclohexane	3
71-43-2	benzene	11
108-88-3	toluene	69
100-41-4	ethylbenzene	7
95-47-6	o-xylene	5
526-73-8	1,2,3-trimethylbenzene	4
95-63-6	trimethylbenzenes	7
108-67-8	1,3,5 trimethylbenzene	3
100-42-5	styrene	2
91-20-3	naphtalene	2
4994-16-5	4-phenylcyclohexene	5
71-55-6	1,1,1-trichloroethane	1
79-01-6	trichloroethene	0.5
127-18-4	tetrachloroethene	5
80-56-8	alfa-pinene	5
127-91-3	b-pinene	4
13466-78-9	3-caren	4
138-86-3	d-limonene	3
141-78-6	ethylacetate	12
123-86-4	n-butylacetate	4
78-93-3	methyl ethyl ketone	4
106-35-4	3-heptatone	0.5
93-58-3	methyl benzoate	2
71-36-3	1-butanol	0.5
78-83-1	2-methyl-1-propanol	0.5
123-51-3	iso-amyl alcohol<sup>a</sup>	0.5
104-76-7	2-ethylhexanol	4
67-63-0	2-propanol<sup>a</sup>	40
1634-04-4	t-butyl methylether	0.5

See also

• Concentration Database