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Appendix A: Glossary
Pages 159-162

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... Indoor chemistry: Reactions involving indoor pollutants, occurring either in the gas phase or on surfaces. Infiltration: Uncontrolled inward air leakage to conditioned spaces through unintentional openings in ceilings, floors, and walls from unconditioned spaces or the outdoors, caused by differences in pressure.
From page 160...
... Sorption: The process of a substance becoming captured by a condensed phase, or adsorption and absorption considered as a single process. Stack effect: The movement of air into and out of buildings, chimneys, flue gas stacks, or other containers, driven by density differences between indoor and outdoor air (caused by differences in temperature)
From page 161...
... : Consumer products made from petrochemicals, including pes ticides, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, cleaning agents, and personal care products, that contain volatile organic compounds. Volatile organic compound (VOC)
From page 162...
... NAS-A00426-Indoor_Chemistry.indd 162 01/10/2022 7:25 AM


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