Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Determination of emissions into indoor air
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.
| SDO | BSI: British Standards Institution |
| Document Number | EN 16516 |
| Publication Date | Aug. 5, 2020 |
| Language | en - English |
| Page Count | 64 |
| Revision Level | 1 |
| Supercedes | |
| Committee | B/557 |