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Construction products - Assessment of release of dangerous substances - Determination
of emissions into indoor air
Bauprodukte - Bewertung der Freisetzung von gefährlichen Stoffen - Bestimmung von
Emissionen in die Innenraumluft
Produits de construction - Détermination des émissions de substances dangereuses -
Détermination des émissions dans l'air intérieur
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: FprCEN/TS 16516
ICS:
13.020.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
varstvom okolja environmental protection
91.100.01 Gradbeni materiali na Construction materials in
splošno general
kSIST-TS FprCEN/TS 16516:2013 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
FINAL DRAFT
FprCEN/TS 16516
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE

TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION

January 2013
ICS 13.040.20; 91.100.01
English Version
Construction products - Assessment of release of dangerous
substances - Determination of emissions into indoor air
Produits de construction - Détermination des émissions de Bauprodukte - Bewertung der Freisetzung von gefährlichen
substances dangereuses - Détermination des émissions Stoffen - Bestimmung von Emissionen in die Innenraumluft
dans l'air intérieur


This draft Technical Specification is submitted to CEN members for Technical Committee Approval. It has been drawn up by the Technical
Committee CEN/TC 351.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United
Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a Technical Specification. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice
and shall not be referred to as a Technical Specification.


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Contents Page
Foreword .4
1 Scope .7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations .7
4 Intended conditions of use, emission scenarios and European reference room . 15
4.1 Intended conditions of use and emission scenario . 15
4.2 Reference room and emission scenario . 15
4.3 Time schedule of emission(s) determination . 17
5 Product sampling and transport to the laboratory . 17
5.1 Introduction . 17
5.2 Objective of sampling . 17
5.3 Preparation of a sampling plan and sampling strategy . 17
5.4 Information from the testing laboratory needed to complement the product sampling plan . 19
5.5 Packaging and transport of laboratory sample . 19
5.6 Sample description, marking of laboratory sample and sampling report . 20
5.7 Chain of custody report . 20
5.8 Dispatch of product samples, time schedule . 20
6 Handling of product samples in the laboratory . 21
6.1 Storage of sample in the testing laboratory . 21
6.2 Preparation of the test specimen . 21
7 Test chamber conditions . 22
8 Determination of volatile organic compounds in test chamber air . 24
8.1 Common requirements . 24
8.2 Determination of VOCs and SVOCs in test chamber air . 24
8.3 Determination of formaldehyde and some other volatile carbonyl compounds in test
chamber air . 27
8.4 Quality control – External references . 27
9 Calculation of specific emission rates and expression of results at the reference room . 28
10 Reporting for the horizontal reference method . 31
10.1 General . 31
10.2 Sampling . 31
10.3 Handling of samples in the laboratory, preparation of test specimen . 31
10.4 Test chamber conditions . 31
10.5 Determination of vapour-phase organic compounds in test chamber air . 31
10.6 Calculation and reporting of test results . 32
11 Indirect methods . 32
Annex A (informative) Repeatability . 33
Annex B (informative) Examples of indirect methods (also called simplified, screening,
secondary, derived or alternative methods) . 34
Annex C (informative) Information on very volatile organic compound (VVOC) testing . 36
Annex D (informative) Key concepts for product sampling . 37
Annex E (informative) Example of a form for the sampling report . 49
Annex F (informative) Example form for a chain of custody report . 50
Annex G (informative) Benzene artefact generation on Tenax . 51
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Annex H (informative) Information to be included into the test report with regard to national
requirements on VOC emissions . 52
Bibliography . 56

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Foreword
This document (FprCEN/TS 16516:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 351
“Construction products – Assessment of release of dangerous substances”, the secretariat of which is held by
NEN.
This document is currently submitted to the Formal Vote.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.
The current German regulation (2009/167/D) requires a different way of determining the sum of VOCs
(TVOCsum). In a European standard (EN), this would have been solved through an A-deviation. As Technical
Specifications (TSs) do not require the withdrawal of conflicting national documents, there is no need of an A-
deviation here. Instead, information on the German way is added to the informative Annex H with information
on national requirements.

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Introduction
This Technical Specification is dedicated to the execution of the part of Mandate M/366 "Development of
horizontal standardized assessment methods for harmonised approaches relating to dangerous substances
under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR)" addressing the preparation of horizontal
measurement/test methods for the determination of emission of regulated dangerous substances from
construction products into indoor air. This mandate is a complement to the product mandates granted by the
European Commission to CEN under the Construction Products Regulation. The harmonised products
standards (hEN) developed in CEN under mandates from the European Commission, and EADs developed in
EOTA/OTAB for products or kits, specify construction product(s) as put on the market and address their
intended conditions of use.
This Technical Specification has gone through a robustness validation for identifying how small changes in
specific testing parameters can influence the test result. This study delivered also data on repeatability within
one testing laboratory (see Annex A). After performing round-robin tests with different construction products,
including a significant number of testing laboratories, this Technical Specification is planned to be transformed
into a European Standard (EN) after any necessary adaptations.
The information produced by applying this Technical Specification is to be used for CE marking and
Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance. It is vital that such information is clearly linked to a
specified product in a hEN or EAD. The responsibility of product specification is with the product TCs, as
described in FprCEN/TR 16496. This determination of emission into indoor air is to be carried out on products
under their intended conditions of use. The intended use of a construction product is generally specified in the
corresponding harmonised product standard (hEN) or EAD. The specific emission rates determined using this
Technical Specification are associated with application of the product in a defined European Reference Room
under specified climate (temperature and humidity) and ventilation conditions. A reference room is needed
since it is not possible to evaluate emissions by testing in all possible use scenarios.
The reference room dimensions, resulting product loading factors, and climate and ventilation conditions are
selected to represent the general indoor environment (see Clause 4). Based on the huge amount of available
European experience, it was possible to identify one emission scenario and one reference room and
associated set of product loading factors to be used.
This Technical Specification specifies the horizontal reference method for testing the emission (release) of
dangerous substances from construction products into indoor air. This method uses a test chamber in which
emissions are generated under conditions which are kept constant during the test. These conditions are
selected so that the test results can be expressed in terms of chemical concentrations in the air of the
reference room (see Clauses 7 and 9). It is to be noted that the test chamber is defined in terms of
performance requirements. This responds to the requirement of Mandate M/366 for a horizontal approach but
still maintains sufficient flexibility on chamber dimensions to ensure representative samples of different
materials can be accommodated (see Clause 5). Clause 8 of this Technical Specification specifies how
emitted regulated dangerous substances should be analysed.
This Technical Specification also addresses separately (see Clause 11 and Annex B) indirect methods that
provide, within their specific field of application, a result that is comparable or that correlates with the result of
the reference method. Such methods may be easier to apply and/or be cheaper. They are in accordance with
mandate M/366 provided that their comparability or correlation to the reference test method has been
demonstrated in their specific field of application. They are especially suitable for Factory Production Control
testing (FPC).
The selection of one emission scenario and one reference room for evaluating emissions to indoor air is in
general accordance with the approach taken in existing European national regulations and voluntary schemes
relating to emissions from construction products into indoor air. It also accords with the horizontal
requirements of mandate M/366. The aim of this Technical Specification is not to develop a new testing
method but to combine by normative references the use of existing standards complemented, when
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necessary, with additional and/or modified requirements so that – according to the horizontal concept
specified in mandate M/366 – construction products can be evaluated under comparable conditions with
regard to emissions into indoor air.
In summary the horizontal test method specified in this Technical Specification determines the specific
emission rate of volatile organic compounds from a construction product into indoor air. This can be converted
into a concentration in the air of the reference room by calculation.
This Technical Specification has not been evaluated for the determination of 'steady state' concentration of
formaldehyde.
NOTE A European Standard (EN 717-1) exists for the determination of formaldehyde emissions from wood-based
panels, in terms of 'steady state' concentration.

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1 Scope
This Technical Specification specifies a horizontal reference method for the determination of emissions of
regulated dangerous substances from construction products into indoor air. This method is applicable to
volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, and volatile aldehydes. It is based on the use
of a test chamber and subsequent analysis of the organic compounds by GC-MS or HPLC.
NOTE 1 Supplemental information is given on indirect test methods (Annex B) and on measuring very volatile organic
compounds (see informative Annex C).
NOTE 2 This Technical Specification describes the overall procedure and makes use of existing standards mainly by
normative reference, complemented when necessary with additional or modified normative requirements.
This Technical Specification is mainly aimed at determining the emission performance of construction
products, when this is required under national provisions covered by the CPR (Regulation (EU)
No. 305/2011).
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 1232, Workplace atmospheres  Pumps for personal sampling of chemical agents  Requirements and
test methods
CEN/TR 16220:2011, Construction products  Assessment of release of dangerous substances 
Complement to sampling
FprCEN/TR 16496, Construction Products  Assessment of release of dangerous substances  Use of
harmonised horizontal assessment methods
EN ISO 16000-9:2006, Indoor air  Part 9: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds from
building products and furnishing  Emission test chamber method (ISO 16000-9:2006)
EN ISO 16000-11:2006, Indoor air  Part 11: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds
from building products and furnishing  Sampling, storage of samples and preparation of test specimens
(ISO 16000-11:2006)
EN ISO 16017-1, Indoor, ambient and workplace air  Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds
by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas chromatography  Part 1: Pumped sampling (ISO 16017-1)
ISO 554, Standard atmospheres for conditioning and/or testing  Specifications
ISO 16000-3:2011, Indoor air  Part 3: Determination of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds in
indoor air and test chamber air  Active sampling method
ISO 16000-6:2011, Indoor air  Part 6: Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor and test
chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS
or MS-FID
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
NOTE Several of the defined terms are closely related, which is also depicted in Figure 1. This figure and the
relevant definitions are taken from CEN/TR 16220:2011.
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3.1 Terms relating to sampling and products.

Figure 1 — Relation between the key terms of product sampling
3.1.1
composite sample
average sample, aggregated sample
sample that consists of two or more increments, put together in appropriate portions, from which the mean
value of a desired characteristic may be obtained
[SOURCE: adapted from ISO 11074:2005]
3.1.2
curing
hardening of freshly prepared mixtures under well-defined conditions (time, temperature, humidity, etc)
specified in harmonised product standards
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3.1.3
curing time
minimal time defined necessary for curing before an emission test can be executed to perform relevant test
results
3.1.4
increment
individual portion of product collected by a single operation of a sampling device which is not tested as a
single entity, but is mixed with other increments in a composite sample
[SOURCE: adapted from ISO 11074:2005 as in CEN/TR 16220:2011]
Note 1 to entry: Whenever the portion of product collected by a single operation of a sampling device is analysed
individually, the obtained product is called a sample. In such a situation the quantity of product should fulfil both the criteria
for the size of an increment as well as for a sample.
3.1.5
laboratory sample
sample or sub-sample(s) sent to or received by the laboratory
[SOURCE: IUPAC, 2.5.5]
Note 1 to entry: When the laboratory sample is further prepared by mixing, drying, grinding or by combinations of
these operations, the result is the test sample. When no preparation of the laboratory sample is required, the laboratory
sample is the test sample. A test portion is removed from the test sample for the performance of the test/analysis or for the
preparation of a test specimen.
Note 2 to entry: The laboratory sample is the final sample from the point of view of sample collection but it is the initial
sample from the point of view of the laboratory.
3.1.6
population
totality of items under consideration
[SOURCE: adapted from ISO 11074:2005 as in CEN/TR 16220:2011]
Note 1 to entry: See also the term sub-population.
3.1.7
sample
portion of material selected from a larger quantity of material
[SOURCE: IUPAC, 2.1.1]
Note 1 to entry: The manner of selection of the sample should be described in a sampling plan.
Note 2 to entry: The term "sample" is often accompanied by a prefix (e.g. laboratory sample, test sample, test
specimen) specifying the type of sample and/or the specific step in the sampling process to which the obtained material
relates.
3.1.8
sampling plan
predetermined procedure for the selection, withdrawal, preservation and transportation of product samples
[SOURCE: CEN/TR 16220:2011]
3.1.9
scale
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[SOURCE: CEN/TR 16220:2011]
Note 1 to entry: Information on characteristics of the product, including emission and variations therein, for a quantity
of product smaller than the defined scale, is judged to be not relevant for description of product properties, e.g. for
evaluation of emissions into indoor air .
3.1.10
sub-population
defined part of the population that is targeted for the purposes of testing
[SOURCE: adapted from ISO 11074:2005 as in CEN/TR 16220:2011]
Note 1 to entry: See also the term population.
EXAMPLE Consider a continuous production process that results in a specific product. The population for that
product is all the individual products produced between the moment the production process started (this may be years
ago) and the moment the production process ends (this may be years ahead). From the perspective of testing, this
definition does not provide a practical concept. Products produced in the past are no longer available for testing, while
products that might be produced in the (far) future are neither available. The term sub-population provides a workable
alternative, as the "start" and "end" of the sub-population can be defined in a practical way. For the same product, already
in production for a number of years, the sub-population might be the production of a year, the production of a month, or
what other definition is practical.
3.2 Terms relating to emissions into indoor air and associated laboratory testing.
3.2.1
air change rate
ratio of the volume of air brought into the test chamber per hour and the free test chamber volume measured
in identical units
[SOURCE: EN ISO 16000-9:2006, 3.1]
3.2.2
air flow rate
ventilation rate
air volume entering into the emission test chamber per unit of time
[SOURCE: adapted from EN ISO 16000-9:2006]
3
Note 1 to entry: Air flow rate is expressed in litres per second or in cubic metres per hour (l/s, m /h).
3.2.3
chamber blank value
test result obtained by carrying out the test procedure in the absence of a test portion/specimen
3
Note 1 to entry: Blank value is expressed in micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m ).
3.2.4
compound recovery
measured mass concentration of a target volatile organic compound in the air leaving the emission test
chamber during a given time period divided by the mass concentration of the same target volatile organic
compound added to the emission test chamber air in the same time period, expressed in percent
[SOURCE: EN ISO 16000-9:2006, 3.9]
Note 1 to entry: The recovery provides information about the performance of the entire method.
3.2.5
emission
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Note 1 to entry: Emission may be expressed as an emitted quantity in terms of concentrations in a defined volume of
air or in terms of emission rate per hour and per unit quantity of the construction product (i.e. per area, length, mass,
volume, unit or component).
Note 2 to entry: The terms "emission" and "release" have fundamentally the same meaning. However, by tradition, the
term "emission" is used when describing liberation of chemical substances or radiation into air and the term "release" is
used when describing the liberation of chemical substances into soil or water.
3.2.6
emission test chamber
enclosure with controlled operational parameters for the determination of volatile organic compounds emitted
from construction products
[SOURCE: adapted from EN ISO 16000-9:2006, 3.6]
3.2.7
emission test chamber concentration
mass concentration of a specific volatile organic compound, VOC, (or group of volatile organic compounds) in
test chamber air measured in the emission test chamber outlet
[SOURCE: EN ISO 16000-9:2006, 3.7]
3.2.8
intended conditions of use
conditions that a product may experience during service life and that influence its release/emission behaviour
Note 1 to entry: These conditions are expressed in parameters such as temperature, amount of water during
exposure, wetting/drying; intended conditions of use may vary for instance as a function of time, location, orientation,
geographical location, etc. For simplification intended conditions of use are transferred into release scenarios for test
purposes.
3.2.9
mass concentration of the compound in the reference room air
mass concentration of a specific volatile organic compound, VOCs, (or group of volatile organic compounds)
in a reference room
3.2.10
product loading factor
ratio of exposed dimension of the test specimen to the free test chamber volume
[SOURCE: adapted from EN ISO 16000-9:2006, 3.8]
Note 1 to entry: The product loading factor is often expressed as the ratio of the exposed area of the test specimen
2 3
and the volume of the test facility (L expressed in m /m ). The product loading factor can also be expressed as ratio of
A
the exposed length, volume or unit(s) of the test specimen and the volume of the emission test facility (L expressed in
L
3 3 3 3
m/m , L expressed in m /m or L expressed in u/m ).
V U
3.2.11
reference room
room with conventional dimensions, climate and ventilation used as reference for any specification of emission
testing and any calculation of VOC concentration in indoor air
Note 1 to entry: In this Technical Specification, a reference room is specified in 4.2.
3.2.12
specific air flow rate
q
ratio of air change rate and product loading factor
[SOURCE: adapted from EN ISO 16000-9:2006, 3.4]
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Note 1 to entry: Specific air flow rate can be expressed as the area specific air flow rate q , equivalent to ratio of the
A
3 2
air flow rate and the surface area of the test specimen in [m /m *h], which is equivalent to the expression [m/h].
Note 2 to entry: This definition includes other specific air flow rates than only the area specific air flow rate. Specific air
3 3 3
flow rates can also be volume specific (qv expressed in m /(m *h)), length specific (qL expressed in m /(m*h)), mass
3 3
specific (q expressed in m /(kg*h)), or unit specific (q expressed in m /(unit*h)).
m u
3.2.13
specific emission rate SER (emission factor)
product specific rate describing the mass of a volatile organic compound emitted per unit of product per unit of
time at a given time from the start of the test
[SOURCE: adapted from EN ISO 16000-9:2006, 3.11]
Note 1 to entry: This definition is intended for avoiding confusion between the terms q (in 3.2.12) and q (used for
specific air flow rate in EN ISO 16000-9). The specific emission rate can be related to area, length, volume, mass or unit,
expressed as SER in µg/(m²*h), SER in µg/(m*h), SER in µg/(m³*h), SER in µg/(kg*h), or SER expressed in µg/(u*h).
A L V m U
3.2.14
test portion
quantity or volume removed from the test sample for analysis purposes, generally of known weight or volume
[SOURCE: IUPAC, 2.5.7]
3.2.15
test sample
sample, prepared from the laboratory sample from which test portions are removed for testing or for analysis
[SOURCE: IUPAC, 2.5.6]
3.2.16
test specimen
test portion specially prepared for emission testing in an emission test chamber in order to simulate the
emission behaviour of the product under intended conditions of use
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