BS EN 16516:2017+A1:2020
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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 | 2020 | 64 |
This document 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, very volatile aldehydes and ammonia. It is based on the use of a test chamber and subsequent analysis of the organic compounds by GC-MS, HPLC, and for ammonia, subsequent analysis by spectrophotometric methods or any equivalent analytical methods (such as ion chromatography and ammonium specific electrode).
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.
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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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| 9 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
| 10 | 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations 3.1 Terms and definitions |
| 16 | 3.2 Abbreviations 4 Intended conditions of use, emission scenarios and European reference room 4.1 Intended conditions of use and emission scenario |
| 17 | 4.2 Reference room and emission scenario 4.2.1 General 4.2.2 Dimensions and loading factors in the reference room |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | 6 Handling of product samples in the laboratory 6.1 Storage of sample in the testing laboratory 6.2 Preparation of the test specimen |
| 23 | 7 Test chamber conditions 7.1 Principles 7.2 Dimensions of test specimen 7.3 Loading factor |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | 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 !deleted text” compounds in test chamber air 8.1 Common requirements |
| 26 | 8.2 Determination of VOCs and SVOCs in test chamber air 8.2.1 General |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | 8.2.2.4 Analytical system performance criteria |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | 8.2.4 Sampling test chamber air 8.2.5 Identification, calibration and analysis 8.2.5.1 Identification 8.2.5.2 Quantification |
| 32 | 8.2.5.3 Reporting and quantification limits 8.2.5.4 Determining the quantification limit |
| 33 | 8.2.5.5 Identified compounds (target and non-target compounds) 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 |
| 34 | 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 |
| 35 | 8.3.2 Analytical system 8.3.3 Sampling test chamber air 8.3.4 Blank tubes 8.3.5 Identification, calibration and analysis 8.3.5.1 Identification 8.3.5.2 Quantification 8.4 !Determination of ammonia in test chamber air 8.4.1 Sampling |
| 36 | 8.4.2 Analysis 8.4.2.1 Spectrophotometric analysis 8.4.2.2 Equivalent analytical methods 8.4.3 Test chamber conditions 8.4.4 Test report |
| 37 | 8.5 Other general aspects of quality control 8.5.1 Laboratory quality checks 8.5.2 External references 9 Calculation of specific emission rates and expression of results at the reference room |
| 40 | 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 |
| 41 | 10.4 Test chamber conditions 10.5 Determination of vapour-phase organic compounds !and ammonia” in test chamber air 10.6 Calculation and reporting of test results |
| 42 | 11 Indirect methods |
| 43 | Annex A (informative)Repeatability and reproducibility A.1 Repeatability A.2 Reproducibility |
| 45 | 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 |
| 46 | 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 |
| 47 | Annex C (informative)Information on very volatile organic compound (VVOC) testing |
| 48 | Annex D (informative)Example of a form for the sampling report |
| 49 | Annex E (informative)Example form for a chain of custody report |
| 50 | Annex F (informative)Benzene artefact generation on Tenax |
| 51 | Annex G (normative)List of non-carcinogenic VOCs |
| 59 | Annex H (informative)List of carcinogenic VOCs |
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