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Non Life Sciences => Chemistry => Topic started by: CZARCAR on 20/07/2011 16:08:32

Title: ?cleaning phenols from room air?
Post by: CZARCAR on 20/07/2011 16:08:32

What configuration air cleaner will clean phenols out of the air? Just read where CFL bulbs emit phenols......thanx

Title: ?cleaning phenols from room air?
Post by: CliffordK on 20/07/2011 18:28:58

I doubt the emissions are high.  Probably not high enough to pick out above background in a house.  Do the electronic circuit boards emit the gasses?  Then what about your radio, TV, microwave, and anything else with a circuit board?

An Activated Carbon air filter should knock most of them out.  If you have a centralized furnace that you run in Fan or AC mode in the summer, you could just put the carbon filter in place of the normal furnace filter.

Title: ?cleaning phenols from room air?
Post by: Bored chemist on 20/07/2011 18:44:10

Phenols stink. If you are not bothered by the smell then there's not enough of them to worry about: if you are then a charcoal filter will trap them.

Title: ?cleaning phenols from room air?
Post by: CZARCAR on 20/07/2011 18:51:47

Quote from: Bored chemist on 20/07/2011 18:44:10

Phenols stink. If you are not bothered by the smell then there's not enough of them to worry about: if you are then a charcoal filter will trap them.

u de man thanx. my cousin is asthmatic & recently turned blueish

Title: ?cleaning phenols from room air?
Post by: CZARCAR on 20/07/2011 18:58:52

Quote from: CliffordK on 20/07/2011 18:28:58

I doubt the emissions are high.  Probably not high enough to pick out above background in a house.  Do the electronic circuit boards emit the gasses?  Then what about your radio, TV, microwave, and anything else with a circuit board?

An Activated Carbon air filter should knock most of them out.  If you have a centralized furnace that you run in Fan or AC mode in the summer, you could just put the carbon filter in place of the normal furnace filter.

thanx, u & bc agree & good enuff 4me...........vvv

Title: ?cleaning phenols from room air?
Post by: Bored chemist on 21/07/2011 18:45:02

Quote from: CZARCAR on 20/07/2011 18:51:47

Quote from: Bored chemist on 20/07/2011 18:44:10

Phenols stink. If you are not bothered by the smell then there's not enough of them to worry about: if you are then a charcoal filter will trap them.

u de man thanx. my cousin is asthmatic & recently turned blueish

Sorry to hear that, but it was more likely to have been caused by pollen than by phenol.

Title: ?cleaning phenols from room air?
Post by: CZARCAR on 22/07/2011 14:11:40

Quote from: Bored chemist on 21/07/2011 18:45:02

Quote from: CZARCAR on 20/07/2011 18:51:47

Quote from: Bored chemist on 20/07/2011 18:44:10

Phenols stink. If you are not bothered by the smell then there's not enough of them to worry about: if you are then a charcoal filter will trap them.

u de man thanx. my cousin is asthmatic & recently turned blueish

Sorry to hear that, but it was more likely to have been caused by pollen than by phenol.

so maybe hepa filtering?

Title: ?cleaning phenols from room air?
Post by: CliffordK on 22/07/2011 18:39:02

HEPA would help for particulates and pollen.

You need a carbon/charcoal filter for chemicals.