Volatile Organic Compound

Definition van VOC

An organic compound is any of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon, are considered inorganic. The division between "organic" and "inorganic" carbon compounds is useful, but may be considered somewhat arbitrary.

A Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)

is any volatile compound of carbon excluding methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, ammonium carbonate, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, methylene chloride, trifluoromethane (FC-23), trichlorotrifluoroethane (CFC-113), dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12), trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), chlorodifluoromethane (CFC-22), dichlorotetrafluoroethane (_FC-114), and chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115).

Exempt Compounds are any of the following compounds:

1,1,1-trichloroethane, methylene chloride, trifluoromethane (FC-23),

trichlorotrifluoroethane (CFC-113), dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12),

trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), chlorodifluoromethane (CFC-22),

dichlorotetrafluoroethane (CFC-114), and chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115)

Example Compounds

Formaldehyde, d-Limonene, toluene, acetone, toluene, ethanol (ethyl alcohol) 2-propanol (isopropyl alcohol), hexanal