LTR - Ep "67" - What Are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)?

And the topic for today is what are VOCs? Now, this topic kind of builds upon our 64th, 65th, and 66th episode, where in our 64th episode, we talked about what are PCBs, and our 65th episode, we talked about what are PAHs, and our 66th episode, what is meant by BTECs.

And so in all of those episodes, we actually used the acronym VOCs.

And so I said, okay, let's go with our 67th episode and talk about what VOCs are.

So the reason why VOCs were mentioned in all those previous episodes of PCBs, PAHs, and BTACs is because VOCs are related.

VOCs are included in those things.

VOCs, VOC stands for volatile organic compounds, okay? Volatile organic compounds, that's the acronym VOCs.

So volatile organic compounds are chemicals that are light in nature.

They are carbon-based chemicals and like hydrocarbons and And they are light in nature, so they vaporize or they volatize into the air quickly.

And so, you know, that's like when you pour gasoline out on the ground, that vapor smell that you smell.

That is the VOCs.

Those are the light portions of that liquid gasoline vaporizing into the air.

And so that smell, that odor you get, that is what VOCs are.

Now, VOCs are not just in the air, but they get in the air quickly because the transformation of the liquid, gasoline, diesel, fuel, crude oil, those things, they all contain VOCs or volatile organic compounds.

And at room temperature, they vaporize.

Those are the light things that, you know, when those things are spilled out on the ground, the smell, the light pieces of those types of hydrocarbons volatize or evaporate into the air, and they create gases.

And sometimes you smell it, sometimes you don't.

But it is that light nature that immediately... vaporizes or changes form from the liquid into the gas, into the air, and those light portions are called VOCs, and they're volatile organic compounds.

And the topic for today is what are VOCs? Now, this topic kind of builds upon our 64th, 65th, and 66th episode, where in our 64th episode, we talked about what are PCBs, and our 65th episode, we talked about what are PAHs, and our 66th episode, what is meant by BTECs.

And so in all of those episodes, we actually used the acronym VOCs.

And so I said, okay, let's go with our 67th episode and talk about what VOCs are.

So the reason why VOCs were mentioned in all those previous episodes of PCBs, PAHs, and BTACs is because VOCs are related.

VOCs are included in those things.

VOCs, VOC stands for volatile organic compounds, okay? Volatile organic compounds, that's the acronym VOCs.

So volatile organic compounds are chemicals that are light in nature.

They are carbon-based chemicals and like hydrocarbons and And they are light in nature, so they vaporize or they volatize into the air quickly.

And so, you know, that's like when you pour gasoline out on the ground, that vapor smell that you smell.

That is the VOCs.

Those are the light portions of that liquid gasoline vaporizing into the air.

And so that smell, that odor you get, that is what VOCs are.

Now, VOCs are not just in the air, but they get in the air quickly because the transformation of the liquid, gasoline, diesel, fuel, crude oil, those things, they all contain VOCs or volatile organic compounds.

And at room temperature, they vaporize.

Those are the light things that, you know, when those things are spilled out on the ground, the smell, the light pieces of those types of hydrocarbons volatize or evaporate into the air, and they create gases.

And sometimes you smell it, sometimes you don't.

But it is that light nature that immediately... vaporizes or changes form from the liquid into the gas, into the air, and those light portions are called VOCs, and they're volatile organic compounds.