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  • BS EN 13890:2009

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    Workplace exposure. Procedures for measuring metals and metalloids in airborne particles. Requirements and test methods

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  22-04-2020

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-10-2009

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Principle
    5 Requirements
      5.1 Method description
      5.2 Performance requirements
    6 Reagents and materials
      6.1 Reagents
      6.2 Standard solutions
      6.3 Test materials
      6.4 Reference air samples
    7 Apparatus
    8 Test methods
      8.1 Detection limits and quantification limits
      8.4 Analytical recovery
      8.5 Measurement uncertainty
    9 Test report
    Annex A (informative) - Guidance on determination of
                            analytical recovery
    Annex B (informative) - Estimation of uncertainty of
                            measurement
    Annex C (informative) - Interpolation of standard
                            deviation
    Annex D (informative) - Example of estimation of expanded
                            uncertainty
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    Describes performance requirements and test methods for the evaluation of procedures for measuring metals and metalloids in airborne particles sampled onto a suitable collection substrate, e.g. a filter.

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    Committee EH/2/2
    Development Note Supersedes 00/562114 DC (12/2002) Supersedes 08/30163839 DC. (10/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    EN 12919:1999 Workplace atmospheres - Pumps for the sampling of chemical agents with a volume flow rate of over 5 l/min - Requirements and test methods
    EN 838:2010 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring gases and vapours using diffusive samplers - Requirements and test methods
    EN 481:1993 Workplace atmospheres - Size fraction definitions for measurement of airborne particles
    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
    ECA 4-02 : 2013 EVALUATION OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF MEASUREMENT IN CALIBRATION
    ISO 15202-1:2012 Workplace air Determination of metals and metalloids in airborne particulate matter by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry Part 1: Sampling
    CEN/TR 15230:2005 Workplace atmospheres - Guidance for sampling of inhalable, thoracic and respirable aerosol fractions
    ISO/TS 21748:2004 Guidance for the use of repeatability, reproducibility and trueness estimates in measurement uncertainty estimation
    EN 13205:2001 Workplace atmospheres - Assessment of performance of instruments for measurement of airborne particle concentrations
    ENV 13005 : DRAFT 1999 GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENT
    ISO 3696:1987 Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods
    EN ISO 3696:1995 Water for analytical laboratory use - Specification and test methods (ISO 3696:1987)
    EN 1540:2011 Workplace exposure - Terminology
    EN 1232:1997 Workplace atmospheres - Pumps for personal sampling of chemical agents - Requirements and test methods
    ISO 15202-2:2012 Workplace air Determination of metals and metalloids in airborne particulate matter by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry Part 2: Sample preparation
    ISO 15767:2009 Workplace atmospheres Controlling and characterizing uncertainty in weighing collected aerosols
    ISO 3534-1:2006 Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability
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