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PREN 717-1 : DRAFT 2002

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WOOD-BASED PANELS - DETERMINATION OF FORMALDEHYDE RELEASE - PART 1: FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION BY THE CHAMBER METHOD
Superseded date

01-10-2004

Published date

12-01-2013

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Reagents
   5.1 General
   5.2 Acetylacetone solution
   5.3 Ammonium acetate solution
6 Apparatus
   6.1 Test chamber
   6.2 Air sampling system
   6.3 Equipment for chemical analysis
   6.4 Equipment for verification of air exchange rate
7 Test pieces
8 Procedure
   8.1 Test conditions
   8.2 Verification of test conditions
   8.3 Chamber preparation
   8.4 Preparation of test pieces
   8.5 Loading and starting procedure
   8.6 Air sampling and analysis
   8.7 Test duration
9 Determination of formaldehyde emission
   9.1 General
   9.2 Principle
   9.3 Procedure
   9.4 Calibration curve
   9.5 Calculation of the amount of formaldehyde trapped in the
       gas washing bottles
   9.6 Calculation of the formaldehyde emission
10 Determination of test result
11 Expression of results
12 Test report
Annex A (normative) Test chambers
        A.1 Option 1: Large test chamber
        A.2 Option 2: 1 cubic meter test chamber
        A.3 Option 3: 0,225 cubic meter test chamber
Annex B (normative) Determination of air exchange rate
        B.1 Principle
        B.2 Equipment for measurement
        B.3 Procedure
        B.4 Evaluation
Annex C (normative) Determination of the steady-state emission value
        C.1 Principle
        C.2 Determination of the steady-state emission value
        C.3 Exceptional feature
Annex D (informative) Analytical procedure for the fluorimetric
        determination of formaldehyde content
        D.1 Hantzsch reagent
        D.2 Air sampling and analysis
        D.3 Equipment for chemical analysis
        D.4 Calibration curve
        D.5 Calculation of the amount of formaldehyde trapped
            in the gas washing bottles and calculation of the
            formaldehyde emission
Annex E (informative) Bibliography

Specifies a chamber method with three options of test chambers for the determination of the formaldehyde emission from wood-based panels in terms of the steady-state concentration in a climatic chamber under defined conditions, which relate to typical conditions in real-life.

Committee
TC 112
DocumentType
Draft
PublisherName
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
02/100084 DC : DRAFT MAY 2002 Identical
NEN EN 717-1 : 2004 Identical

04/30113724 DC : DRAFT MAY 2004 EN 300 - ORIENTED STRAND BOARDS (OSB) - DEFINITIONS, CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIFICATIONS

EN 326-1:1994 Wood-based panels - Sampling, cutting and inspection - Part 1: Sampling and cutting of test pieces and expression of test results
CR 213:1984 Particle boards - Determination of formaldehyde emission under specified conditions - Method called: formaldehyde emission method

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