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The VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) evaporation rate of the droplets may be assessed using a simple theoretical model based on the general Fick's law. The key parameters of the model are: the diffusion coefficient, the VOC fraction within droplets, the VOC vapor pressure and the droplets size.

Despite of the model limitations, the results obtained indicate that there is little difference bewteen the two resins. In both droplets, the volatile fraction tends to evaporate very quickly (10-1 – 10-2 s). This suggest that the particles inhaled by the workers contains mainly resin and that the remaining solvent does not plays a major role in the acute effects observed.