Foreword
Summary
1 Introduction
Part I
2 Scope of the study
3 The experimental precision and its implications
4 Standardisation of the characterisation leaching
method
5 Conclusions
6 Appendices
7 Reference
Part II (informative) - TEST METHOD USED IN THE
STUDY FOR CHARACTERISATION OF LEACHING
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations
4 Materials and reagents
5 Apparatus
6 Determining the leaching behaviour
7 Calculation of cumulative leaching and expression
of results
8 Precision of cumulative leaching
9 Characterising the leaching behaviour
10 Test report
Annex A (normative) - Determination of the available
(potential) amount of a component for leaching
Annex B (normative) - Determination of the surface area (A)
of a test piece (PD) for use in the diffusion (tank)
test
Annex C (informative) - Diagrammatic representation of the
diffusion (tank) leaching procedure
Annex D (informative) - Supplementary procedures for
calculating the indicative upper limit for leaching
for particular characteristics of the leaching
behaviour
Bibliography