There has been growing concern over the emissions of formaldehyde and VOCs from automotive interior materials, as these could have an important impact on the in-vehicle air quality (IVAQ) of automotive vehicles. Odor along with VOCs refers to the automotive interior smell emitted directly or indirectly from any part of an automotive interior, based on human olfactory senses and a comfort evaluation of vehicle quality. The objective of this paper is to compare the odor intensity using GC/MS analysis method and odor sensory test in accordance with ISO 12219-2. For the compounds having low odor threshold value and high VOC concentration, it was found that there was the same tendency in each field of odor whether the instrument analysis method or the odor sensory test method was used.

• 홍승표(한국건설생활환경시험연구원) | Seungpyo Hong (Korea Confirmity Laboratories) Corresponding author
• 박설희(한국건설생활환경시험연구원) | Seolhee Park (Korea Confirmity Laboratories)
• 이준규(한국건설생활환경시험연구원) | Jungyu Lee (Korea Confirmity Laboratories)
• 배상복(한국건설생활환경시험연구원) | Sangbok Bae (Korea Confirmity Laboratories)
• 김상철(한국건설생활환경시험연구원) | Sangcheol Kim (Korea Confirmity Laboratories)