After decorating the house, many people will eat grapefruit peel to remove formaldehyde. Can grapefruit peel remove formaldehyde? Let's get to know. In general, grapefruit peel can only remove the odor in the house, not the formaldehyde in the house, but also inhibit the release and removal of formaldehyde gas, which will increase the concentration of indoor formaldehyde.
Can pomelo peel remove formaldehyde
Grapefruit peel does not absorb formaldehyde.
The moisture content of pomelo peel is very high. When it is placed indoors, it will not absorb formaldehyde, but evaporate some moisture in the air, increase the humidity of the environment, and inhibit the release and removal of formaldehyde gas.
Grapefruit peel contains a lot of water. After the water evaporates, it will increase the humidity in the air. The higher the humidity, the greater the formaldehyde emission, which is in direct proportion. Therefore, the water evaporated from grapefruit peel will increase the formaldehyde concentration in the air. There is no test to verify the fact that the reticular structure is a large number of pollutants that can be adsorbed.
Why do some people say that pomelo peel can remove formaldehyde
In fact, the formaldehyde absorption of grapefruit peel is to mask the smell, just to make people not smell formaldehyde, which is a bit of a cover up.
The newly decorated houses all have peculiar smell, and whether there is peculiar smell in the standard to judge whether they can move in or not, while the grapefruit peel contains volatile oil with fragrance, which can continuously volatilize and fragrance in the room, covering up the peculiar smell in the newly decorated room. In fact, the methylaldehyde is not removed, but covered, giving the feeling of 'absorption' of formaldehyde.
How to remove formaldehyde quickly
1. Ventilation
The newly decorated house is ventilated to form indoor and outdoor air circulation, reduce the concentration of formaldehyde in the indoor air, and promote the release of formaldehyde in the decoration materials. This method is the most commonly used, most convenient and most affordable method in our life. It has no side effects. The disadvantage is that it takes a long time. Generally, it needs ventilation for 3 months before entering.
2. Physical adsorption
There are many tiny holes in the activated carbon, which can adsorb the formaldehyde gas in the air. Therefore, spreading some activated carbon in the newly decorated house can accelerate the removal of formaldehyde gas, but this kind of activated carbon can also absorb dust, water and other particles. The disadvantage is that it is easy to saturate, and the saturated activated carbon loses its function and needs a large amount.
3. Plant absorption
Plants have the function of respiration, strong air purification and formaldehyde absorption. Therefore, the newly decorated house should be ventilated for a short period of time. When the concentration of formaldehyde gas is not very high and there is no direct damage to plants, put some absorbable plants in, which can accelerate the removal of formaldehyde.
Common formaldehyde adsorption plants are: Green pineapple, cactus, cactus, ivy, African jasmine, Chlorophytum, tiger tail orchid, etc.
4. Photocatalyst removal
Formaldehyde in the role of sunlight will be decomposed into carbon dioxide and water, loss of toxicity, therefore, the newly decorated house can deliberately open more windows, more sunlight into the room, accelerate the removal of formaldehyde, this method of furniture formaldehyde removal effect is excellent. However, the effect of the location where the sunlight can't be directed is poor.