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| Name: | volatile organic compound |
| Acronym: | VOC |
| Description: | Ambient mass concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds (ug/m3. Volatile organic compounds are a large group of organic chemicals that include any compound of carbon (excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, and ammonium carbonate) and that participate in atmospheric photochemical reactions. VOCs are of interest in part because they contribute to ozone formation. |
| Type: | Noun |
| Term is: | Variable | | Term has: | Unit | |
