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BS EN 16402:2019

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Paints and varnishes. Assessment of emissions of substances from coatings into indoor air. Sampling, conditioning and testing

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BSI 2019 68
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This document specifies a reference method for the determination of emissions from coatings into indoor air. This method is applicable to volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds and volatile aldehydes. NOTE 1 This document is aimed at describing the overall procedure and makes use of existing standards mainly by normative reference complemented when necessary with additional or modified normative requirements. This document is mainly aimed at determining emission data in indoor air for the purpose of meeting national legislation requirements, and for the voluntary labelling of products. NOTE 2 Harmonized product standards for coatings falling under the CPR can refer to this standard for the intended conditions of use. This document applies to coatings for indoor use as listed in Clause 5. It is not applicable for: – coatings that are applied off site or coatings that are applied on site, prior to the structure being permanently weatherproof except for the product type category 7 as listed in Clause 5; – tinting pastes that are not ready for use as coating; – non film-forming products like e.g. waxes and impregnations.

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2 undefined
8 1 Scope
2 Normative references
9 3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Terms relating to sampling and product
10 3.2 Terms relating to emissions into indoor air and associated laboratory testing
12 3.3 Terms relating to determination of emitted substances
14 3.4 Abbreviations
4 Principle
15 5 Product categories
16 6 Relevant substances emitted from coatings
7 Intended conditions of use, Emission scenarios and European reference room
7.1 Intended conditions of use and emission scenario
7.2 Reference room and emission scenario
7.2.1 General
17 7.2.2 Dimensions and loading factors in the reference room
18 7.3 Ventilation in the reference room
7.4 Climate conditions of the reference room
7.5 Time schedule of emission determination
8 Product sampling and transport
8.1 Population of the product to be considered for testing
8.2 Sampling
8.2.1 Quantity of sample
8.2.2 Multi-component products
19 8.2.3 Additional requirements from the testing laboratory for the product sampling plan
8.2.4 Sampling location
8.2.5 Packaging
8.2.6 Sample description and marking
8.3 Transport
8.4 Chain of custody
20 8.5 Dispatch of samples, time schedule
9 Handling of product samples in the laboratory
9.1 Storage
9.2 Preparation of test specimen: Coatings
9.2.1 General comments
9.2.2 The sample of coating to be tested
21 9.2.3 Application methods and conditions
9.2.4 Drying / preconditioning start time
24 9.3 Preparation of test specimen: coating systems
9.4 Preconditioning
9.4.1 General
25 9.4.2 Standard preconditioning
9.4.3 Extended preconditioning
10 Test chamber conditions
10.1 Principle
10.2 Dimensions of test specimen
10.3 Loading factor
26 10.4 Ventilation
10.5 Air velocity
10.6 Cleanliness of test chamber
10.7 Testing climate (temperature, relative humidity of supply air)
10.8 Storage of test specimen
27 10.9 Large products or inhomogeneous products
10.10 Volume of test chamber
10.11 Placement of test specimen in test chamber
11 Determination of vapour-phase organic compounds in test chamber air
11.1 Common requirements
28 11.2 Determination of VOCs and SVOCs in test chamber air
11.2.1 General
29 11.2.2 Analytical system
11.2.2.1 General
11.2.2.2 Capillary GC column
11.2.2.3 Checks on analytical system performance
30 11.2.2.4 Analytical system performance criteria
31 11.2.2.5 Tune requirements for the mass spectrometer detector
11.2.2.6 Laboratory proficiency testing schemes and participation in round-robin exercises
11.2.3 Tube conditioning and laboratory blank tubes
32 11.2.4 Sampling test chamber air
11.2.5 Identification, calibration and analysis
11.2.5.1 Identification
11.2.5.2 Quantification
34 11.2.5.3 Reporting and quantification limits
11.2.5.4 Determining the quantification limit
11.2.5.5 Identified compounds (target and non-target compounds)
35 11.2.5.6 Unidentified compounds
11.2.6 Total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) and total semi-volatile organic compounds (TSVOC)
11.2.6.1 General background
36 11.2.6.2 Calculation of TVOC and TSVOC
11.3 Determination of formaldehyde and some other volatile and very volatile carbonyl compounds in test chamber air
11.3.1 General
11.3.2 Analytical system
11.3.3 Sampling test chamber air
37 11.3.4 Blank tubes
11.3.5 Identification, calibration and analysis
11.3.5.1 Identification
11.3.5.2 Quantification
11.4 Other general aspects of quality control
11.4.1 Laboratory quality checks
38 11.4.2 External references
12 Calculation of specific emission rates and expression of results at the reference room
41 13 Test report
13.1 General
13.2 Sampling
13.3 Handling of samples in the laboratory, preparation of test specimen
42 13.4 Test chamber conditions
13.5 Determination of vapour-phase organic compounds in test chamber air
13.6 Calculation of specific emission rates and expression of results in terms of air concentration in the reference room
43 14 “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
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 of a form for a chain of custody report
51 Annex F (informative)Benzene artefact generation on Tenax TA
52 Annex G (normative)List of non-carcinogenic VOCs
60 Annex H (informative)List of carcinogenic VOCs
62 Annex I (informative)Overview of test procedure
BS EN 16402:2019
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