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
ISO 16000-6:2011 specifies a method for determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air and in air sampled for the determination of the emission of VOCs from building products or materials and other products used in indoor environments using test chambers and test cells. The method uses Tenax TAÒ sorbent with subsequent thermal desorption and gas chromatographic analysis employing a capillary column or columns and a flame ionization detector and/or a mass spectrometric detector.
The method is applicable to the measurement of non-polar and slightly polar VOCs at concentrations ranging from sub-micrograms per cubic metre to several milligrams per cubic metre. Using the principles specified in this method, an annex describes how some very volatile compounds and semi-volatile organic compounds can also be analysed.
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1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Reagents and materials
6 Apparatus
7 Conditioning and storage of sorbent tubes
7.1 Conditioning
7.2 Storage of conditioned sorbent tubes before sampling
8 Sampling
8.1 Indoor air sampling
8.2 Test chamber air sampling
8.3 Sampling volumes
8.4 Storage of loaded samples
8.5 Field blanks
9 Analysis
9.1 General
9.2 Thermal desorption
9.3 Temperature programme
9.4 Analysis of the samples
10 Identification of single VOCs
11 Concentration of analytes in the sampled air
11.1 General
11.2 Volatile organic compounds
11.3 Total volatile organic compounds
11.4 VVOC and SVOC compounds observed outside the TVOC range
12 Performance characteristics
13 Test report
14 Quality control
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1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Reagents and materials
6 Apparatus
7 Conditioning and storage of sorbent tubes
7.1 Conditioning
7.2 Storage of conditioned sorbent tubes before sampling
8 Sampling
8.1 Indoor air sampling
8.2 Test chamber air sampling
8.3 Sampling volumes
8.4 Storage of loaded samples
8.5 Field blanks
9 Analysis
9.1 General
9.2 Thermal desorption
9.3 Temperature programme
9.4 Analysis of the samples
10 Identification of single VOCs
11 Concentration of analytes in the sampled air
11.1 General
11.2 Volatile organic compounds
11.3 Total volatile organic compounds
11.4 VVOC and SVOC compounds observed outside the TVOC range
12 Performance characteristics
13 Test report
14 Quality control