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Linoleum Flooring

MasterFormat 09 65 00 Resilient Flooring; 09 65 16 Resilient Sheet Flooring; 09 65 43 Linoleum Flooring

This information reflects our best understanding of product composition in 2019.

Linoleum flooring is a type of resilient flooring that can be applied with adhesive over a number of different substrates (concrete, seamless floors, tile, marble, approved wood, old resilient flooring, metal). It is primarily composed of natural...

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Linoleum flooring is a type of resilient flooring that can be applied with adhesive over a number of different substrates (concrete, seamless floors, tile, marble, approved wood, old resilient flooring, metal). It is primarily composed of natural and renewable oils, tree resins, and fillers. The products surveyed for this common product update contained up to 30% pre-consumer recycled content in the form of linoleum production scraps and recycled wood/cork powder. Pre-consumer recycled linoleum used as filler was considered to have the same composition as the remainder of the flooring, and the percent weight attributable to it was distributed among the individual chemicals accordingly. Linoleum typically comes in 2.0 or 2.5 mm thick rolls or in tiles, although at least one product that was not considered in this review is available that can be poured and cured on site. The 2.5 mm thickness is most common in commercial products. The linoleum sheet or tile is typically comprised of linoleum sandwiched between a woven jute backing and a factory-applied UV-cured lacquer. Some products substitute a polyester fabric in place of the jute backing, or add an additional cork or polyurethane foam layer to the backing to provide acoustic insulation, or come as click tiles that include a high-density fiberboard (HDF) layer on top of a cork layer. Such products were out of the scope of this review. Linoleum comes in a variety of colors and the color runs through the entire thickness of the tile. This survey focused on white or neutral-colored linoleum sheet products; other colors will require the addition of pigments with different CAS numbers and potential health hazards. While not found to be common, some linoleum may additionally use tall oil in the binder. After linoleum has been installed most products require daily maintenance in the form of mopping, with periodic machine scrubbing and/or buffing. Some linoleum products also need to have polish applied a few times per year. Restorative maintenance may include application of a stripping solution prior to applying the polish. If properly maintained, linoleum flooring will last 35-40 years.

A historical version of this CP is available here: https://pharos.habitablefuture.org/common-products/2180592

Name % Weight Whole Function GREENSCREEN® Sources
Linseed oil
8001-26-1
29.81% Binder Subscribe to view
Wood dust - unspecified
17.57% Filler Subscribe to view
Quercus suber bark – CORK
61789-98-8
15.69% Filler Subscribe to view
Limestone
1317-65-3
11.58% Filler Subscribe to view
Aluminum hydroxide, dried
21645-51-2
7.45% Flame Retardant Subscribe to view
Titanium dioxide
13463-67-7
5.13% Pigment Subscribe to view
Rosin
8050-09-7
4.18% Binder Subscribe to view
Quartz
14808-60-7
0.12% Impurity of limestone Subscribe to view
JUTE FIBER
7.92% Backing Subscribe to view
Urethane Acrylic Polymer
0.51% Polymer Subscribe to view
Aluminum oxide
1344-28-1
0.04% Abrasion Resistance Subscribe to view
SILICA GEL
112926-00-8
0.01% Flattening Agent/ Matting Agent Subscribe to view
acrylated polydimethylsiloxane
125455-52-9
<0.01% Surfactant Subscribe to view
DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE (D5)
541-02-6
<0.01% Residual Subscribe to view
Name % Weight Part % Weight Whole Function GREENSCREEN® Sources
Linoleum Flooring Base
91.52% 91.52% Linoleum Base Layer Subscribe to view
Linseed oil
8001-26-1
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Base)
32.57% 29.81% Binder Subscribe to view
Wood dust - unspecified
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Base)
19.20% 17.57% Filler Subscribe to view
Quercus suber bark – CORK
61789-98-8
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Base)
17.14% 15.69% Filler Subscribe to view
Limestone
1317-65-3
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Base)
12.65% 11.58% Filler Subscribe to view
Aluminum hydroxide, dried
21645-51-2
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Base)
8.14% 7.45% Flame Retardant Subscribe to view
Titanium dioxide
13463-67-7
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Base)
5.60% 5.13% Pigment Subscribe to view
Rosin
8050-09-7
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Base)
4.57% 4.18% Binder Subscribe to view
Quartz
14808-60-7
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Base)
0.13% 0.12% Impurity of limestone Subscribe to view
Linoleum Flooring Backing
7.92% 7.92% Backing Subscribe to view
JUTE FIBER
(Nested within Linoleum Flooring Backing)
100.00% 7.92% Backing Subscribe to view
UV Cured Finish
0.56% 0.56% Finish Subscribe to view
Urethane Acrylic Polymer
(Nested within UV Cured Finish)
90.95% 0.51% Polymer Subscribe to view
Aluminum oxide
1344-28-1
(Nested within UV Cured Finish)
7.65% 0.04% Abrasion Resistance Subscribe to view
SILICA GEL
112926-00-8
(Nested within UV Cured Finish)
1.05% 0.01% Flattening Agent/ Matting Agent Subscribe to view
acrylated polydimethylsiloxane
125455-52-9
(Nested within UV Cured Finish)
0.35% <0.01% Surfactant Subscribe to view
DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE (D5)
541-02-6
(Nested within UV Cured Finish)
<0.01% <0.01% Residual Subscribe to view

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Known or Potential Residuals

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Habitable Resources (7)

Habitable Resources for Product
TYPE TITLE
Report Full Disclosure Required: A Strategy to Prevent Asthma Through Building Product Selection
Report Asthmagens in Building Materials: The Problem & Solutions
Report Resilient Flooring & Chemical Hazards: A Comparative Analysis of Vinyl and Other Alternatives for Health Care
Report Healthy Environments: What's New (and What's Not) With PVC
Report Phthalate-free Plasticizers in PVC
Tool Flooring Product Guidance
Tool Flooring Installation Product Guidance

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Ebecryl 700 TDS
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Harbinger LVT HPD
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Hazmap 42978-66-5
HSDB 13048-33-4
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Marmoleum EPD
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Model Brochure
MSHA
Nadurra Red Oak Naturals
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Novalis HPC HPD
NOX LVT HPD
OEHHA 119-61-9
Omnistab LS 292
Parterre Loose Lay HPD
Patcraft LVT HPD
PEGDA 200
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Provident Urban HPD
Radtech Report
Reactive Polymers Fundamentals Excerpt
Sartomer
Schierlmann 2009
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Silwet L-7200 MSDS
Sokol 1995
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Srivastava 2008
Tarkett Declare
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Tarkett MHS
TEGO Rad 2500 SDS
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Teknoflor HPD
Ten Oaks Patent
UCECOAT 7655 MSDS
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USEPA Isocyanate Profile
UV Specialties 2001
WPC Click HPD
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Zero Sheet HPD