Jingle bells, what are those smells? Indoor VOC emissions from a live Christmas tree.

ABSTRACT: Every year in the United States conifers are purchased to serve as Christmas trees in homes where they emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to the indoor environment. Although many studies have measured the ecosystem-level emissions of VOCs from conifers outdoors (characterizing monoterpene, isoprene, and aldehyde emissions), little is known about VOC emission rates once a conifer is brought indoors. Using a proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometer we characterized the VOCs emitted from a freshly cut Douglas Fir for 17 days in an environmentally controlled chamber. Ozone injections were also performed to analyze indoor chemistry that may occur. Introduction of the tree into the chamber increased the response of 52 mass spectra signals detected by the PTR-MS by at least 500 counts per s

SUBMITTER: Poppendieck D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500200 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature