1. Activated carbon removes formaldehyde
In recent years, we often see the activated carbon figure in TV programs and advertisements. Businesses claim that activated carbon has a strong formaldehyde absorption capacity. There are many small pores in activated carbon, formaldehyde can pass through them smoothly. Activated carbon is easy to absorb saturated, after repeated exercise, even in the hot sun exposure can not guarantee the absorption of formaldehyde all volatilized out, it is difficult to exercise again. Activated carbon is unusually limited in formaldehyde absorption capacity, but it is better than none.
2. Plant formaldehyde removal
Green plants under the action of sunlight can absorb carbon dioxide in the air, produce oxygen, to achieve the effect of fresh air. This has led to the misconception that plants can also remove formaldehyde. In reality, formaldehyde will react with plant egg white matter, nucleic acid and lipid substances, dangerous plant cells, serious may lead to plant death. In the environment containing a lot of formaldehyde, plants themselves and their own difficult to protect, let alone help people to remove formaldehyde.
3, vinegar in addition to formaldehyde
Folk broadcast with vinegar in addition to formaldehyde, I heard that vinegar can reflect with formaldehyde, is this true? Whether old vinegar or white vinegar, their main acting factor is acetic acid (also known as acetic acid), it is the main oxygen derivatives of hydrocarbons. Unfortunately, acetic acid doesn’t react with formaldehyde. Because vinegar has a strong irritating sour taste, can hide the taste of formaldehyde, so people mistakenly think that the vinegar formaldehyde removed, in reality, formaldehyde is not cut, still exists in the indoor air, but its taste is more difficult to be found.
4. Chemical removal of formaldehyde
A wide variety of formaldehyde remover on the market, mostly pure chemical factors. Some of the inferior products cost only 23 yuan, but the price can be sold more than ten times, it can be described as profiteering. Because the country has not introduced the relevant scale of formaldehyde removal agent, to be some fish-eye mixed products on the market, its own is harmful to human body chemical factors, even if it can reflect with formaldehyde, it can not guarantee safety and health, but cause secondary pollution.
5, grapefruit peel, pineapple peel in addition to formaldehyde
Both grapefruit and pineapple skins have their own weird fruity flavors, which are rich and long-lasting and refreshing. In particular, the peel can be used to make a popular honey grapefruit tea, which makes it a symbol of health. In fact, the rumor is that they can remove formaldehyde in the same way as vinegar. Grapefruit and pineapple peel can’t remove formaldehyde, they just hide the taste of formaldehyde with their own. Although yuzu skin can not remove formaldehyde, but it has the effect of fresh air and mosquito prevention, so it is still beneficial to put a yuzu skin at home at ordinary times.
How to remove formaldehyde in the end?
In reality, the removal of decoration pollution can be very simple, open Windows for more than six months can emit large departments of formaldehyde. If you want to move in as soon as possible or reach a better effect of formaldehyde removal, then you can use Maya blue, photocatalyst and other materials to hold more thorough removal of formaldehyde. In short, the most important thing is to open more Windows and keep a superior habit, so as to reduce the harm of formaldehyde to the body.
