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BS EN 17087:2019 Construction products: Assessment of release of dangerous substances. Preparation of test portions from the laboratory sample for testing of release and analysis of content, 2019
- undefined
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Principle
- 5 Equipment
- 6 Interferences and sources of error
- 7 Procedure
- 8 Report
- Annex A (normative)Guideline for choosing sample treatment techniques [Go to Page]
- A.1 General
- A.2 Drying [Go to Page]
- A.2.1 General information
- A.2.2 Air drying at room temperature [Go to Page]
- A.2.2.1 When to use it
- A.2.2.2 When not to use it
- A.2.2.3 Procedure
- A.2.3 Oven drying at 40 °C [Go to Page]
- A.2.3.1 When to use it
- A.2.3.2 When not to use it
- A.2.3.3 Procedure
- A.2.4 Oven drying at 105 °C [Go to Page]
- A.2.4.1 When to use it
- A.2.4.2 When not to use it
- A.2.4.3 Procedure
- A.2.5 Freeze-drying [Go to Page]
- A.2.5.1 When to use it
- A.2.5.2 When not to use it
- A.2.5.3 Procedure
- A.2.6 Chemical drying [Go to Page]
- A.2.6.1 General
- A.2.6.2 When to use it
- A.2.6.3 When not to use it
- A.2.6.4 Procedure
- A.3 Size reduction [Go to Page]
- A.3.1 General information
- A.3.2 Cutting and coring of monolithic, sheet-like and plate-like construction products [Go to Page]
- A.3.2.1 General
- A.3.2.2 Cutting
- A.3.2.3 Freeze cutting
- A.3.2.4 Coring
- A.3.3 Size reduction of granular construction products [Go to Page]
- A.3.3.1 Crushing and grinding
- A.3.3.2 Freeze crushing
- A.3.3.3 Milling
- A.4 Homogenization [Go to Page]
- A.4.1 General information
- A.4.2 Manual homogenization [Go to Page]
- A.4.2.1 When to use it
- A.4.2.2 When not to use it
- A.4.2.3 Procedure
- A.4.3 Mechanical homogenization [Go to Page]
- A.4.3.1 When to use it
- A.4.3.2 When not to use it
- A.4.3.3 Procedure
- A.4.4 Homogenization in case of volatile compounds
- A.5 Sub-sampling [Go to Page]
- A.5.1 General information
- A.5.2 Manual division of solid samples by coning and quartering [Go to Page]
- A.5.2.1 When to use it
- A.5.2.2 When not to use it
- A.5.2.3 Procedure
- A.5.3 Mechanical division of solid samples [Go to Page]
- A.5.3.1 When to use it
- A.5.3.2 When not to use it
- A.5.3.3 Procedure
- A.5.4 Sub-sampling for determination of volatile compounds [Go to Page]
- A.5.4.1 General
- A.5.4.2 When to use it
- A.5.4.3 When not to use it
- A.5.4.4 Procedure
- A.5.5 Sub-sampling for moderately volatile organic compounds [Go to Page]
- A.5.5.1 When to use it
- A.5.5.2 When not to use it
- A.5.5.3 Procedure
- A.6 Storage
- Annex B (informative)Relationship between minimum amount of (sub-)sample and particle size [Go to Page]
- B.1 Equation for the estimation of the minimum amount of (sub-)sample [Go to Page]
- B.1.1 General
- B.1.2 Example: determining the fraction of particles with the property of interest
- B.1.3 Example: estimating the minimum amount of sample
- B.2 Empirical rule
- Annex C (informative)Sample treatment equipment
- Annex D (informative)Examples of analytical methods for content and leaching
- Annex E (informative)Examples of preparation of test samples [Go to Page]
- E.1 Example 1: Dry matter content, leaching and analysis for pH, Cr, Cu, Mo and Zn [Go to Page]
- E.1.1 General
- E.1.2 Choice of methods and specification of amount and characteristics of test portions
- E.1.3 Specification of amount and characteristics of the different test samples
- E.2 Example 2: Dry matter content, TOC, loss on ignition, Cd, Hg, Pb, PCB, leaching and analysis for pH, conductivity, Cd, Hg, Pb, Cl, sulphate and TOC [Go to Page]
- E.2.1 General
- E.2.2 Choice of methods and specification of amount and characteristics of test portions
- E.2.3 Specification of amount and characteristics of the different test samples
- E.2.4 Define the sequence of operations [Go to Page]
