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Table 4 Passive sampling survey of library and archives

From: Measurement of volatile organic compounds emitted in libraries and archives: an inferential indicator of paper decay?

 

Acetic acid /μg m-3Location

Formic acid / μg m-3Location

Formaldehyde / μg m-3Location

 

A

B

C

A

B

C

A

B

C

National Archives of Scotland (NAS)

250 ± 212

119 ± 16

69 ± 1

58 ± 13

37 ± 12

52 ± 17

6 ± 1

4 ± 1

7 ± 1

National Library of Scotland (NLS)

221 ± 195

91 ± 1

98 ± 15

30 ± 6

30 ± 3

42 ± 3

8 ± 1

14 ± 2

12 ± 1

British Library (BL)

222 ± 16

348 ± 33

52 ± 27

40 ± 1

310 ± 86

34 ± 13

7 ± 1

15 ± 3

4 ± 1

Cambridge University Library (CUL)

158 ± 25

274 ± 83

109 ± 34

67 ± 18

72 ± 21

49 ± 4

18 ± 1

3 ± 1

5 ± 1

The National Archives (TNA)

57 ± 30

104 ± 33

36 ± 2

32 ± 4

55 ± 20

64 ± 18

6 ± 1

8 ± 1

8 ± 1

Trinity College Dublin (TCD)

195 ± 10

137 ± 72

344 ± 286

56 ± 16

57 ± 6

186 ± 199

12 ± 6

4 ± 1

5 ± 1

National Libraries of Wales (NLW)

76 ± 1

108 ± 41

122 ± 15

22 ± 1

30 ± 7

24 ± 2

6 ± 1

7 ± 1

10 ± 1

Bodleian Library Oxford (OULS)

123 ± 4

162 ± 21

132 ± 11

48 ± 4

58 ± 24

62 ± 1

5 ± 1

6 ± 1

9 ± 1