02/100084 DC : DRAFT MAY 2002

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