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  • BS ISO 16000-6:2011

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    Indoor air Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS or MS-FID

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  25-08-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-03-2012

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Principle
    5 Reagents and materials
    6 Apparatus
    7 Conditioning and storage of sorbent tubes
    8 Sampling
    9 Analysis
    10 Identification of single VOCs
    11 Concentration of analytes in the sampled air
    12 Performance characteristics
    13 Test report
    14 Quality control
    Annex A (informative) - Examples of compounds detected in
            indoor air and from building products in test chambers
    Annex B (informative) - Safe sampling volumes for selected
            organic vapours sampled on Tenax TA[R]
    Annex C (informative) - Storage recovery of solvents on
            Tenax TA[R] sorbent tubes
    Annex D (informative) - Determination of very volatile and
            semi-volatile organic compounds in conjunction with
            volatile organic compounds
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    Describes a method for determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air and in air sampled for the determination of the emission of VOCs from building products or materials and other products used in indoor environments using test chambers and test cells.

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    Committee EH/2/3
    Development Note Supersedes 10/30209057 DC. (03/2012)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
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    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ASTM D 3686 : 2013 : REDLINE Standard Practice for Sampling Atmospheres to Collect Organic Compound Vapors (Activated Charcoal Tube Adsorption Method)
    ISO 16017-1:2000 Indoor, ambient and workplace air — Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas chromatography — Part 1: Pumped sampling
    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 16000-1:2004 Indoor air — Part 1: General aspects of sampling strategy
    ISO 6141:2015 Gas analysis Contents of certificates for calibration gas mixtures
    EN 1232:1997 Workplace atmospheres - Pumps for personal sampling of chemical agents - Requirements and test methods
    ISO 12219-5:2014 Interior air of road vehicles Part 5: Screening method for the determination of the emissions of volatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts and materials Static chamber method
    ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008 Uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995)
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