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LOW VOC FLOORING at AUSTRALIA
Aquastep for
VOC ALLERGIES
Aquastep for
VOC ALLERGIES
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Volatile organic compounds (LOW VOCs) are organic chemicals that have a high vapour pressure at ordinary, room-temperature conditions. Their high vapour pressure results from a low boiling point which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or sublimate from the liquid or solid form of the compound and enter the surrounding air. An example is formaldehyde, with a boiling point of –19 °C (–2 °F), slowly exiting paint and moving into the air.
VOCs are numerous, varied, and ubiquitous. They include both human-made and naturally occurring chemical compounds. Most scents or odours are of VOCs. VOC's play an important role in communication between plants.[1] Some LOW VOC's are dangerous to human health or cause harm to the environment. Anthropogenic VOC's are regulated by law, especially indoors, where concentrations are the highest. Harmful VOC's are typically not acutely toxic, but instead have compounding long-term health effects and are usually found emanating from modern day indoor living , particularly paints and flooring. Because the concentrations are usually low and the symptoms slow to develop, research into VOC's and their effects is difficult but ongoing.
Aquastep has been tested for the the following common household LOW VOC emissions. No emissions were detected in any test result, achieving Aquastep an international E0 rating. No emissions. VOC free.
Test Item
1.1-Dichloroethylene 75-35-4
Dichloromethane 75-09-2
Cis-/trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 156-59-2/156-60-5
75-35-4
1,1-Dichloroethane
2,2-Dichloropropane 594-20-7
Bromochloromethane 74-97-5
Chloroform 67-66-3
Tricloroethane 71-55-6
Carbon Tetrachloride 56-23-5
Benzene 71-43-2
1,2-Dichlorooropane 78-87-5
Trichloroethylene 79-01-6
1,2-Dichloropropane 78-87-5
Dibromomethane 74-95-3
Bromodichloromethane 75-27-4
Z/E-1,3-Dichloropropene 10061-01-5/10061
108-888-3
Toluene -02-6
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 79-00-5
Tetrachloroethene 127-18-4
1,3-Dichloropropane 142-28-9
Dibromochloromethane 124-48-1
1,2-Dibromoethane 106-93-4
Chlorobenzene 108-90-7
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 630-20-6
Ethylbenzene 100-41-4
Test Item
FORMALDYHYDE classes ref AS/NZS 4266.16:2004
NBMLC120500074
1mg/kg=1ppm=0.0001%
MDL-Method Detection limit
Not Detected: E0
m-/p-Xylene 108-38-3/106-42-3
O-Xylene 95-47-6
Styrene 100-42-5
Bromoform 75-25-2
Isopropylbenzene 98-82-8
Bromobenzene 108-86-1
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 79-34-5
1,2,3-Trichloropropane 96-18-4
n-propylbenzene 103-65-1
2-Chlorotoluene 95-49-8
4-Chlorotoluene 106-43-4
1,3,5- Trimethylbenzene 108-67-8
Tcrt-Butylbenzene 108-67-8
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 95-63-6
sec-Butylbenzene 135-98-8
1,3-Dichlorobenzene 541-73-1
1,4-Dichlorobenzene 106-46-7
p-Isopropyltoluene 99-87-6
1,2 Dibromo 3 chloropropane 124-48-1
Hexachlorobutadiene 87-68-3
Aquastep based at Bondi Junction Sydney, is 100% waterproof, and is designed to withstand effects from water damage that would generally affect timber or laminate flooring. Unattended leaks or flooding leading to aquastep sitting in moisture for a period greater than 60 days, may lead to skin delamination and is not covered by the warranty as a manufacturing defect.