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  • BS EN 838:2010

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    Workplace exposure. Procedures for measuring gases and vapours using diffusive samplers. Requirements and test methods

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  20-06-2022

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  28-02-2010

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Symbols and abbreviations
    5 Types of samplers
    6 Requirements
    7 General test conditions
    8 Test methods
    9 Test report
    Annex A (informative) - Fundamentals of diffusive sampling
    Annex B (informative) - Estimation of uncertainty of
            measurement
    Annex C (informative) - Example of estimation of expanded
            uncertainty
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    Defines performance requirements and test methods under prescribed laboratory conditions for the evaluation of diffusive samplers and of procedures using these samplers for the determination of gases and vapours in workplace atmospheres.

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    Committee EH/2/2
    Development Note Supersedes 92/56577 DC (09/2005) Supersedes 08/30172873 DC. (02/2010)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
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    EN ISO 6145-4:2008 Gas analysis - Preparation of calibration gas mixtures using dynamic volumetric methods - Part 4: Continuous syringe injection method (ISO 6145-4:2004)
    ISO 6144:2003 Gas analysis Preparation of calibration gas mixtures Static volumetric method
    EN ISO 6142:2006 Gas analysis - Preparation of calibration gas mixtures - Gravimetric method (ISO 6142:2001)
    EN 1076:2009 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring gases and vapours using pumped samplers - Requirements and test methods
    EN 482:2012+A1:2015 Workplace exposure - General requirements for the performance of procedures for the measurement of chemical agents
    EN ISO 8655-6:2002/AC:2009 PISTON-OPERATED VOLUMETRIC APPARATUS - PART 6: GRAVIMETRIC METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF MEASUREMENT ERROR (ISO 8655-6:2002/Cor 1:2008)
    EN ISO 6145-1:2008 Gas analysis - Preparation of calibration gas mixtures using dynamic volumetric methods - Part 1: Methods of calibration (ISO 6145-1:2003)
    EN ISO 6143:2006 Gas analysis - Comparison methods for determining and checking the composition of calibration gas mixtures (ISO 6143:2001)
    ISO 16017-2:2003 Indoor, ambient and workplace air — Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas chromatography — Part 2: Diffusive sampling
    EN ISO 6145-10:2008 Gas analysis - Preparation of calibration gas mixtures using dynamic volumetric methods - Part 10: Permeation method (ISO 6145-10:2002)
    ISO 6143:2001 Gas analysis — Comparison methods for determining and checking the composition of calibration gas mixtures
    ISO/TS 21748:2004 Guidance for the use of repeatability, reproducibility and trueness estimates in measurement uncertainty estimation
    EN ISO 8655-2:2002/AC:2009 PISTON-OPERATED VOLUMETRIC APPARATUS - PART 2: PISTON PIPETTES
    EN ISO 16017-2:2003 Indoor, ambient and workplace air - Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas chromatography - Part 2: Diffusive sampling (ISO 16017-2:2003)
    ISO 6142:2001 Gas analysis Preparation of calibration gas mixtures Gravimetric method
    ISO 6145-10:2002 Gas analysis — Preparation of calibration gas mixtures using dynamic volumetric methods — Part 10: Permeation method
    ISO 8655-2:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus Part 2: Piston pipettes
    ISO 14912:2003 Gas analysis — Conversion of gas mixture composition data
    EN ISO 6141:2015 Gas analysis - Contents of certificates for calibration gas mixtures (ISO 6141:2015)
    ENV 13005 : DRAFT 1999 GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENT
    EN 13528-3:2003 Ambient air quality - Diffusive samplers for the determination of concentrations of gases and vapours - Requirements and test methods - Part 3: Guide to selection, use and maintenance
    ISO 6145-4:2004 Gas analysis Preparation of calibration gas mixtures using dynamic volumetric methods Part 4: Continuous syringe injection method
    ISO 7504:2015 Gas analysis Vocabulary
    EN ISO 6145-6:2017 Gas analysis - Preparation of calibration gas mixtures using dynamic methods - Part 6: Critical flow orifices (ISO 6145-6:2017)
    EN 1540:2011 Workplace exposure - Terminology
    ISO 6145-1:2003 Gas analysis Preparation of calibration gas mixtures using dynamic volumetric methods Part 1: Methods of calibration
    ISO 6141:2015 Gas analysis Contents of certificates for calibration gas mixtures
    EN ISO 14912:2006/AC:2007 GAS ANALYSIS - CONVERSION OF GAS MIXTURE COMPOSITION DATA (ISO 14912:2003/Cor 1:2006)
    ISO 6145-6:2017 Gas analysis — Preparation of calibration gas mixtures using dynamic methods — Part 6: Critical flow orifices
    ISO 8655-6:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus Part 6: Gravimetric methods for the determination of measurement error
    EN ISO 6144:2006 Gas analysis - Preparation of calibration gas mixtures - Static volumetric method (ISO 6144:2003)
    ISO 3534-1:2006 Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability
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