Predicting indoor emissions of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes from the use of personal care products by university students

Yang, Tao; Xiong, Jianyin; Tang, Xiaochen; Misztal, Pawel K.. 2018 Predicting indoor emissions of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes from the use of personal care products by university students. Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (24). 14208-14215. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00443

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00443

Abstract/Summary

Characterization of indoor emissions of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes (cVMS) due to the use of personal care products is important for elucidating indoor air composition and associated health risks. This manuscript describes a mass transfer model to characterize the emission behaviors of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5, the most abundant indoor cVMS) from skin lipids. A C-history method is introduced to determine the key parameters in the model, i.e., the initial concentration and diffusion coefficient of D5 inside the skin lipids. Experiments were conducted in a university classroom to examine the D5 emission behaviors by using a proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS). Data from the first class session of two typical days was applied to obtain the key parameters, which were subsequently used for predicting D5 concentrations in other class sessions. Good agreement between model predictions and experiments demonstrates the effectiveness of the model and parameter determination method. With the model, we found that the reuse of personal care products has a significant impact on the D5 emissions. In addition, the time-dependent emission rate and remaining amount of D5 inside the skin can also be calculated. These results indicate a fast decay pattern during the initial emission period, which is consistent with prior experimental studies.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00443
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	0013-936X
NORA Subject Terms:	Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	20 Jul 2018 10:24 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520572

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00443

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

0013-936X

NORA Subject Terms:

Atmospheric Sciences

Date made live:

20 Jul 2018 10:24 +0 (UTC)