Standard Specification for Wipe Sampling Materials for Lead in Surface Dust

ABSTRACT
This specification covers requirements for wipe sampling materials that are used to collect settled dusts on surfaces for the subsequent determination of lead. The wipes shall be tested for conformance to background lead, lead recoverability, collection efficiency, ruggedness which shall be determined using butted vinyl-composite floor tiles as a test surface, moisture content, coefficient of variation in mass, linear dimensions such as mean area and mean length, and mean thickness requirements.
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1.1 This specification covers requirements for wipe materials that are used to collect settled dusts on hard surfaces for the subsequent determination of lead.  
1.2  This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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Designation: E1792 – 03
Standard Specification for
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Wipe Sampling Materials for Lead in Surface Dust
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1792; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.2 Definitions:
3.2.1 lot, n—a finite quantity of a given product manufac-
1.1 Thisspecificationcoversrequirementsforwipesthatare
tured under production conditions that are considered uniform.
used to collect settled dusts on surfaces for the subsequent
3.2.2 shelf life, n—for dust-wiping sampling, the maximum
determination of lead.
timeintervalduringwhichawipecanbestoredinanunopened
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
package and remain suitable for sampling of settled dust.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.2.3 vinyl-composite tile, n—a resilient floor covering
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
composed of binder, fillers, and pigments. The binder consists
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
of one or more resins of poly (vinyl chloride) or vinyl cholride
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
copolymers, or both, compounded with suitable plasticizers
2. Referenced Documents
and stabilizers. Other polymeric resins may be incorporated as
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part of the binder (See Terminology F141).
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.2.4 wipe, n—a disposable towellette that is moistened
E105 Practice for Probability Sampling of Materials
with a wetting agent.
E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
3.2.4.1 Discussion—The towellette is used to collect a
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
sample of settled dust on a surface for subsequent lead
E1605 Terminology Relating to Lead in Buildings
analysis.
E1613 Test Method for Determination of Lead by Induc-
tively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
4. Significance and Use
(ICP-AES), Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
4.1 This specification is intended for use by manufacturers
(FAAS), or Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spec-
and suppliers to evaluate the performance of wipe sampling
trometry (GFAAS) Techniques
materials for lead in surface dust.
E1644 Practice for Hot Plate Digestion of Dust Wipe
4.2 This specification may also be employed by users of
Samples for the Determination of Lead
wipes to compare the performance of candidate wipes for the
E1728 Practice for Collection of Settled Dust Samples
sampling of lead in surface dust.
Using Wipe Sampling Methods for Subsequent Lead
Determination
5. Manufacture
E2239 Practice for Record Keeping and Record Preserva-
5.1 The wipes shall be made from materials using methods
tion for Lead Hazard Activities
thatensurecompliancewiththerequirementsofSections6and
F141 Terminology Relating to Resilient Floor Coverings
8,andshallbecleanandfreeofimperfectionsthatwouldaffect
3. Terminology their performance.
3.1 For definitions of terms not listed here, seeTerminology
6. General Requirements
E1605.
6.1 Wipes shall conform to the requirements in Paragraphs
6.1.1 to 6.1.8. Test procedures for each requirement are found
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on
in Section 8.
Performance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.23
6.1.1 Background Lead—The mean background lead con-
on Lead Hazards Associated with Buildings.
tent per un-spiked wipes tested shall be less than 1.0 µg.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2003. Published October 2003. Originally
approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as E1792 – 02. DOI:
6.1.2 Lead Recoveries—The mean lead recoveries from
10.1520/E1792-03.
wipes spiked with Certified Reference Materials (CRMs)
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
having 20 µg, 100 µg, and 500 µg (610%) of lead per sample
contactASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. ForAnnual Book ofASTM
shall be 100 % 6 20 % of the mean lead recovery from the
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E1792 – 03
CRM alone, that is, without a wipe included in the analysis 8.2.2 Alternatively,manuallydistribute(4)aknownmassof
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(1) . The coefficient of variation of the recoveries of samples lead-containing CRM uniformly onto the test surface, of
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with lead levels of 20 µg shall not exceed 25 percent. The 900 cm minimum area, and then wipe the surface in accor-
coefficients
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