PRA Labs Conference Offers Review of Concept of Relative VOC Reactivity
A detailed review of the concept of “maximum incremental reactivity”highlighted the recent semi-annual technical conference of PRA Laboratories Inc.
YPSILANTI, MI — A detailed review of the concept of “maximum incremental reactivity” (MIR), a system of assessing the relative tendency of various solvents to contribute to ground-level ozone pollution, highlighted the recent semi-annual technical conference of PRA Laboratories Inc. PRA Labs is a technical organization of coatings-manufacturing companies.
William Carter, a professor at the University of California-Riverside and a noted expert on the topic of relative reactivity of VOCs, was the featured speaker at the conference. Carter reviewed the MIR approach, which has been incorporated into an aerosol-coatings regulation enacted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The agency also is considering the use of relative-reactivity data in the development of future VOC regulations on architectural and industrial maintenance coatings.