Standard Test Method for Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted from Carpet using a Specific Sorbent Tube and Thermal Desorption / Gas Chromatography

Importancia y uso:

5.1 Manufacturers of carpet need to monitor emissions of VOCs to assess the environmental impact of their products indoors. These results are also used to demonstrate compliance with VOC emission limits for individual VOCs.

5.2 These data are also used to understand which VOCs are emitted from a product or material and to measure the magnitude of those emissions.

5.3 Emission data may be used to compare different lots of carpet of the same materials of construction, or carpets composed of different materials of construction, in order to develop products with lower emissions and lower potential environmental impact.

5.4 This test method should be used in conjunction with practices/guidelines for emissions testing such as Guide D5116, Practice D7143, Practice D7706, ISO 16000-9, and ISO 16000-10. These detail how to select and prepare samples and how and when to carry out emissions tests such that the concentration and profile of vapors in the exhaust air of the emission chamber/cell are representative of the product under test. This test method covers the sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds in the exhaust gas from the chamber/cell using thermal desorption—compatible sorbent tubes and will provide the necessary analytical consistency to ensure that reproducible data is obtained for the analysis of identical vapor samples by different laboratories.

Subcomité:

D22.05

Referida por:

D7911-19, D7143-24, D8570-24, D7706-17R23, D5116-25

Volúmen:

11.07

Número ICS:

97.150 (Floor coverings)

Palabras clave:

carpet; chamber; emission; gas chromatography; indoor air; mass spectrometry; thermal desorption; VOC; volatile organic compounds;