EN ISO 17621:2015

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2015
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SIST EN 1231:1999
Zrak na delovnem mestu - Sistemi za kratkotrajno merjenje z detekcijskimi
cevkami - Zahteve in preskusne metode (ISO 17621:2015)
Workplace atmospheres - Short term detector tube measurement systems -
Requirements and test methods (ISO 17621:2015)
Arbeitsplatzatmosphäre - Kurzzeitprüfröhrchen-Messeinrichtungen - Anforderungen und
Prüfverfahren (ISO 17621:2015)
Atmosphères des lieux de travail - Systèmes de mesurage par tube détecteur à court
terme - Exigences et méthodes d'essai (ISO 17621:2015)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 17621:2015
ICS:
13.040.30 Kakovost zraka na delovnem Workplace atmospheres
mestu
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 17621
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2015
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.040.30 Supersedes EN 1231:1996
English Version
Workplace atmospheres - Short term detector tube
measurement systems - Requirements and test methods
(ISO 17621:2015)
Air des lieux de travail - Systèmes de mesurage par Arbeitsplatzatmosphäre - Kurzzeitprüfröhrchen-
tube détecteur à court terme - Exigences et méthodes Messeinrichtungen - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
d'essai (ISO 17621:2015) (ISO 17621:2015)
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 17621:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 146 "Air
quality" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 137 “Assessment of workplace exposure to
chemical and biological agents” the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
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Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 17621:2015 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 17621:2015 without any modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 17621
First edition
2015-09-15
Workplace atmospheres — Short term
detector tube measurement systems
— Requirements and test methods
Air des lieux de travail — Systèmes de mesurage par tube détecteur à
court terme — Exigences et méthodes d’essai
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ISO 17621:2015(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Requirements . 3
4.1 General . 3
4.2 Detector tubes . 3
4.2.1 Specified measuring range . 3
4.2.2 Scale . 3
4.2.3 Evaluation of the stain. 4
4.2.4 Shelf life . 4
4.2.5 Mechanical strength . 4
4.2.6 Transportation temperature stability . 4
4.2.7 Packing of the detector tubes . . 4
4.2.8 Interferences . 4
4.2.9 Overloading . 4
4.2.10 Environmental influences . 4
4.2.11 Instruction for use for detector tubes . 5
4.3 Detector tube pump . 5
4.3.1 General. 5
4.3.2 Stroke volume . 5
4.3.3 Leakage . 5
4.3.4 Mechanical strength . 5
4.3.5 Mechanical durability . 5
4.3.6 Explosion hazard . 6
4.3.7 Instructions for use for detector tube pumps . 6
5 Test conditions . 6
5.1 General . 6
5.2 Reagents. 6
5.3 Apparatus . 6
5.4 Independent method . 6
5.5 Generation of test gas mixtures . 6
5.6 Test conditions for detector tubes . 7
5.7 Test conditions for detector tube pumps . 7
6 Test methods . 7
6.1 Detector tubes . 7
6.1.1 Visual checks . 7
6.1.2 Test procedures. 8
6.1.3 Mechanical strength . 9
6.2 Detector tube pumps .10
6.2.1 Stroke volume .10
6.2.2 Leakage .11
6.2.3 Mechanical strength .11
6.2.4 Mechanical durability .11
6.2.5 Explosion hazard (electrically driven detector tube pumps only) .
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