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HERO ID
4220366
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Application of a novel reference material in an international round robin test on material emissions testing
Author(s)
Horn, W; Richter, M; Nohr, M; Wilke, O; Jann, O
Year
2018
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Indoor Air
ISSN:
0905-6947
EISSN:
1600-0668
Volume
28
Issue
1
Page Numbers
181-187
Language
English
PMID
28833742
DOI
10.1111/ina.12421
Web of Science Id
WOS:000418156800018
Abstract
Emission testing of products is currently a rapidly increasing field of measurement activity. Labeling procedures for construction products are based on such emission test chamber measurements, and hence, measurement performance should be verified. One possible route is to conduct testing of one material in different laboratories within a round robin test (RRT), ideally using homogeneous reference materials, which can be used within interlaboratory studies or as part of the quality management system to ensure comparable results. The applicability of a lacquer system with nine added VOCs (hexanal, styrene, n-decane, limonene, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, N-methyl-α-pyrrolidone, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, dimethyl phthalate, and n-hexadecane) was evaluated in an international RRT with 55 participating laboratories. An intralaboratory quality check confirmed the homogeneity and reproducibility of the lacquer material for most of the compounds (RSD 5%-6%), which was confirmed in the RRT. However, emissions varied for the polar compound N-methyl-α-pyrrolidone and the higher boiling compounds 1,2-dimethyl phthalate, and n-hexadecane which could be traced back to analytical issues. In the RRT, the interlaboratory relative standard deviations (RSDs) ranged from 30% to 65% for all participants but for reference laboratories the range was between 20% and 45%.
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Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)
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