Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Classification
5 Requirements
5.1 Efficiency
5.2 Warning system for collecting container
5.3 Alarm system for collecting container
5.4 Alarm system for malfunction of amalgam separator
5.5 Removal of removable filled collecting container
5.6 Maximum fillable volume of the removable collecting
container
5.7 Electrical safety
6 Sampling
7 Test apparatus
7.1 Set-up of test
7.2 Installation of amalgam separator
8 Test sample
8.1 Preparation of test sample
8.2 Particle fraction
8.3 Mass of dry test sample
8.4 Particle fraction size distribution
8.5 Preparation of test slurry
8.5.1 Reagents
8.5.2 Apparatus
8.5.3 Procedure
9 Test method
9.1 General
9.2 Preconditioning
9.3 Efficiency test
9.4 Number of tests
9.5 Calculation of efficiency
9.6 Determination of efficiency
9.7 Test of warning system for removable collecting container
9.8 Test of alarm system for removable collecting container
9.9 Test of alarm system for malfunction of amalgam separator
9.10 Removal of filled collecting container
9.11 Maximum fillable volume of the removable collecting container
9.12 Electrical safety
10 Test report
11 Manufacturer's instructions for installation, use, maintenance
and service
12 Marking
12.1 General
12.2 Marking of amalgam separator
12.3 Marking of liquid inlet and outlet of the amalgam separator
12.4 Marking of removable collecting container
Annex A (informative) Preparation of amalgam test sample
Annex B (informative) Procedure for grinding the hardened amalgam
Annex C (informative) Examination of particle fraction 3 using
sedimentation with X-ray absorption
Annex D (informative) Particle fraction size distribution of
amalgam in dental waste water
Bibliography