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Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 8: Phthalates in polymers by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using a pyrolyzer/thermal desorption accessory (Py/TD-GC-MS)
23-06-2017
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
4 Principle
5 Reagents and materials
6 Apparatus
7 Sampling
8 Procedure
9 Calculation of phthalate concentration
10 Precision
11 Quality assurance and control
12 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Determination of phthalates in polymers by
ion attachment mass spectrometry (IAMS)
Annex B (informative) - Determination of phthalates in polymers by
liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(LC-MS)
Annex C (informative) - Examples of chromatograms at suggested
Conditions
Annex D (informative) - Verification of the EGA thermal desorption
zone
Annex E (informative) - Example of IAMS and Py/TD-GC-MS
Instruments
Annex F (informative) - Example of false positive detection of
phthalates
Annex G (informative) - Examples of sample preparation for
quantitative analysis of phthalates by GC-MS
Annex H (informative) - Extraction of phthalates by dissolution in
THF using sonication and precipitation of polymer matrix
Annex I (informative) - Commercially available reference materials
considered suitable for GC-MS and Py/TD-GC-MS
Annex J (informative) - Commercially available capillary columns
considered suitable for GC-MS and Py-GC-MS
Annex K (informative) - Labware cleaning procedure for phthalate
testing
Annex L (informative) - Results of international inter-laboratory
study 5
Annex M (informative) - Sample analysis sequence
Annex N (informative) - Flow chart
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to
international publications with their
corresponding European publications
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