BSI PD CEN/TS 16516:2013
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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 | 2013 | 60 |
This Technical Specification 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 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 (Annex B) and on measuring very volatile organic compounds (see informative Annex C).
NOTE 2 This Technical Specification 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 |
|---|---|
| 9 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations |
| 10 | 3.1 Terms relating to sampling and products |
| 12 | 3.2 Terms relating to emissions into indoor air and associated laboratory testing |
| 15 | 3.3 Terms relating to determination of emitted substances |
| 16 | 3.4 Abbreviations |
| 17 | 4 Intended conditions of use, emission scenarios and European reference room 4.1 Intended conditions of use and emission scenario 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 |
| 19 | 5 Product sampling and transport to the laboratory 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Objective of sampling 5.3 Preparation of a sampling plan and sampling strategy 5.3.1 General 5.3.2 Sampling approach 5.3.3 Population and sub-population 5.3.4 Scale |
| 20 | 5.3.5 Size of samples, of increments when relevant, and sampling techniques 5.3.6 Sampling of complex, composite and large products 5.3.7 Sampling location and moment |
| 21 | 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 sample and 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 7.4 Ventilation |
| 25 | 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 7.9 Large bulk products 7.10 Volume of test chamber |
| 26 | 7.11 Placement of test specimen in test chamber 8 Determination of volatile organic compounds in test chamber air 8.1 Common requirements 8.2 Determination of VOCs and SVOCs in test chamber air 8.2.1 Introduction |
| 27 | 8.2.2 Capillary GC column 8.2.3 Tube conditioning and laboratory blank tubes 8.2.4 Checking the test chamber blank |
| 28 | 8.2.5 Sampling test chamber air 8.2.6 Calibration and analysis 8.2.6.1 Reporting limit, quantification limit 8.2.6.2 Identified compounds (target and non-target compounds) |
| 29 | 8.2.6.3 Unidentified compounds 8.2.7 Total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) and total semi-volatile organic compounds (TSVOC) 8.2.8 Quality control – Additional method performance checks required 8.3 Determination of formaldehyde and some other volatile carbonyl compounds in test chamber air 8.4 Quality control – External references |
| 30 | 9 Calculation of specific emission rates and expression of results at the reference room |
| 33 | 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 |
| 34 | 10.6 Calculation and reporting of test results 11 Indirect methods |
| 35 | Annex A (informative) Repeatability |
| 36 | Annex B (informative) Examples of indirect methods (also called simplified, screening, secondary, derived or alternative methods) B.1 General B.2 Indirect methods relative to testing devices for generating emissions B.2.1 Emission cell B.2.2 Micro-chamber B.2.3 Thermal extraction B.3 Indirect methods relative to analysis B.3.1 Headspace and in-can VOC determination |
| 37 | B.3.2 VOC content determination B.3.3 Formaldehyde specific methods B.4 Indirect methods relative to the evaluation of the test result B.4.1 Method integrated in production monitoring B.4.2 Prediction of results at 28 days |
| 38 | Annex C (informative) Information on very volatile organic compound (VVOC) testing |
| 39 | Annex D (informative) Key concepts for product sampling D.1 Representativeness |
| 40 | D.2 Uncertainty |
| 41 | D.3 Aspects of repetitive sampling D.4 Series of steps in sampling |
| 42 | D.5 Objective of sampling D.6 Preparation of a sampling plan |
| 45 | D.7 Sampling strategy D.7.1 General D.7.2 Sampling approach D.7.3 Population and sub-population |
| 46 | D.7.4 Scale |
| 49 | D.7.5 Size of increments and samples |
| 50 | D.7.6 Sampling of complex, composite and large products D.7.7 Sampling location and moment |
| 51 | Annex E (informative) Example of a form for the sampling report |
| 52 | Annex F (informative) Example form for a chain of custody report |
| 53 | Annex G (informative) Benzene artefact generation on Tenax |
| 54 | Annex H (informative) Information on regulations concerning the emission into indoor air of dangerous substances from construction products |
