BS EN 16516:2017
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Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Determination of emissions into indoor air
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2017 | 66 |
This European Standard specifies a horizontal reference method for the determination of emissions of regulated dangerous substances from construction products into indoor air. This method is applicable to volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, and very volatile aldehydes. It is based on the use of a test chamber and subsequent analysis of the organic compounds by GC-MS or HPLC. NOTE 1 Supplemental information is given on indirect test methods (see Annex B) and on measuring very volatile organic compounds (see Annex C). NOTE 2 This European Standard describes the overall procedure and makes use of existing standards mainly by normative reference, complemented when necessary with additional or modified normative requirements.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 2 | National foreword |
| 10 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
| 11 | 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations 3.1 Terms and definitions |
| 17 | 3.2 Abbreviations 4 Intended conditions of use, emission scenarios and European reference room 4.1 Intended conditions of use and emission scenario |
| 18 | 4.2 Reference room and emission scenario 4.2.1 General 4.2.2 Dimensions and loading factors in the reference room |
| 19 | 4.2.3 Ventilation in the reference room 4.2.4 Climate conditions in the reference room 4.3 Time schedule of emission(s) determination 5 Product sampling and transport to the laboratory 5.1 General 5.2 Objective of sampling 5.3 Preparation of a sampling plan and sampling strategy 5.3.1 General |
| 20 | 5.3.2 Sampling approach 5.3.3 Population and sub-population 5.3.4 Scale 5.3.5 Size of samples, of increments when relevant, and sampling techniques |
| 21 | 5.3.6 Sampling location and moment 5.4 Information from the testing laboratory needed to complement the product sampling plan 5.5 Packaging and transport of laboratory sample |
| 22 | 5.6 Sample description, marking of laboratory samples and the sampling report 5.7 Chain of custody report 5.8 Dispatch of product samples, time schedule |
| 23 | 6 Handling of product samples in the laboratory 6.1 Storage of sample in the testing laboratory 6.2 Preparation of the test specimen |
| 24 | 7 Test chamber conditions 7.1 Principles 7.2 Dimensions of test specimen 7.3 Loading factor |
| 25 | 7.4 Ventilation 7.5 Air velocity 7.6 Cleanliness of test chamber 7.7 Testing climate (temperature, relative humidity of supply air) 7.8 Storage of test specimen |
| 26 | 7.9 Large products or inhomogeneous products 7.10 Volume of test chamber 7.11 Placement of test specimen in test chamber 8 Determination of vapour-phase organic compounds in test chamber air 8.1 Common requirements |
| 28 | 8.2 Determination of VOCs and SVOCs in test chamber air 8.2.1 General 8.2.2 Analytical system 8.2.2.1 General 8.2.2.2 Capillary GC column 8.2.2.3 Checks on analytical system performance |
| 29 | 8.2.2.4 Analytical system performance criteria |
| 31 | 8.2.2.5 Tune requirements for the mass spectrometer detector 8.2.2.6 Laboratory proficiency testing schemes and participation in round-robin exercises 8.2.3 Tube conditioning and laboratory blank tubes 8.2.4 Sampling test chamber air |
| 32 | 8.2.5 Identification, calibration and analysis 8.2.5.1 Identification 8.2.5.2 Quantification |
| 34 | 8.2.5.3 Reporting and quantification limits 8.2.5.4 Determining the quantification limit 8.2.5.5 Identified compounds (target and non-target compounds) |
| 35 | 8.2.5.6 Unidentified compounds 8.2.6 Total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) and total semi-volatile organic compounds (TSVOC) 8.2.6.1 General background |
| 36 | 8.2.6.2 Calculation of TVOC and TSVOC 8.3 Determination of formaldehyde and some other volatile and very volatile carbonyl compounds in test chamber air 8.3.1 General 8.3.2 Analytical system 8.3.3 Sampling test chamber air 8.3.4 Blank tubes |
| 37 | 8.3.5 Identification, calibration and analysis 8.3.5.1 Identification 8.3.5.2 Quantification 8.4 Other general aspects of quality control 8.4.1 Laboratory quality checks 8.4.2 External references |
| 38 | 9 Calculation of specific emission rates and expression of results at the reference room |
| 41 | 10 Reporting for the horizontal reference method 10.1 General 10.2 Sampling 10.3 Handling of samples in the laboratory, preparation of test specimen 10.4 Test chamber conditions 10.5 Determination of vapour-phase organic compounds in test chamber air |
| 42 | 10.6 Calculation and reporting of test results 11 Indirect methods |
| 44 | Annex A (informative)Repeatability and reproducibility A.1 Repeatability A.2 Reproducibility |
| 46 | Annex B (informative)Examples of indirect methods (also called simplified, screening, secondary, derived or alternative methods) B.1 General B.2 Indirect methods-emissions testing B.2.1 Emission cell B.2.2 Micro-chamber |
| 47 | B.2.3 Thermal extraction B.3 Indirect methods specifying alternative procedures B.3.1 Headspace and in-can VOC determination B.3.2 VOC content determination B.3.3 Formaldehyde specific methods Formaldehyde-specific testing methods are B.4 Other secondary methods — Prediction of results at specified time |
| 48 | Annex C (informative)Information on very volatile organic compound (VVOC) testing |
| 49 | Annex D (informative)Example of a form for the sampling report |
| 50 | Annex E (informative)Example form for a chain of custody report |
| 51 | Annex F (informative)Benzene artefact generation on Tenax |
| 52 | Annex G (normative)List of non-carcinogenic VOCs |
| 60 | Annex H (informative)List of carcinogenic VOCs |
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