Standard Test Method for Detection of Lead in Paint by Direct Aspiration Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

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1.1 This test method is intended as a screening test to determine if the solids in a paint contain more than 0.06% lead. The test described can differentiate between 0.05 and 0.06%. Paints giving a result greater than 0.05% should be analyzed quantitatively for lead using Test Method D3335. This test method provides a more definitive and reliable screening test than Test Method D3618.
1.2 There is no reason to believe that higher levels of lead could not be determined by this test method provided that appropriate dilutions and adjustments in specimen size and reagent quantities are made.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, 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:D4834–88(Reapproved1998)
Standard Test Method for
Detection of Lead in Paint by Direct Aspiration Atomic
Absorption Spectroscopy
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4834; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4. Significance and Use
4.1 Current U.S. regulations restrict the amount of lead that
1.1 This test method is intended as a screening test to
determine if the solids in a paint contain more than 0.06 % may be present in consumer paint products to less than 0.06 %
lead. The test described can differentiate between 0.05 and based on the total solids. This test method provides a rapid
0.06 %. Paints giving a result greater than 0.05 % should be means for screening paints to determine compliance with those
analyzed quantitatively for lead using Test Method D 3335. regulations. The test method may be adjusted to meet regula-
This test method provides a more definitive and reliable tions with a different limit on lead content.
screening test than Test Method D 3618.
5. Apparatus
1.2 There is no reason to believe that higher levels of lead
could not be determined by this test method provided that 5.1 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, consisting of an
atomizerandeitherasingle-orathree-slotburner,gaspressure
appropriate dilutions and adjustments in specimen size and
reagent quantities are made. regulating and metering devices for air and acetylene, lead
source lamp with a regulated constant-current supply, a mono-
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the chromator and associated optics, a photosensitive detector
connected to an electronic amplifier, and a readout device.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- 5.2 Volumetric Flasks,50mL.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
6. Reagent and Materials
2. Referenced Documents
6.1 Purity of Reagents—Reagent grade chemicals shall be
used in all tests unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water indicated, it is intended that all reagents shall conform to the
D 2832 Guide for Determining Volatile and Nonvolatile specifications of the Committee on Analytical Reagents of the
American Chemical Society, where such specifications are
Content of Paint and Related Coatings
D 3335 Test Method for Low Concentrations of Lead, available. Other grades may be used, provided it is first
ascertained that the reagent is of sufficiently high purity to
Cadmium, and Cobalt in Paint by Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy permit its use without lessening the accuracy of the determi-
nation.
D 3618 Test Method for Detection of Lead in Paint and
Dried Paint Films 6.2 Purity of Water—Unless otherwise indicated, references
to water shall be understood to mean reagent water conforming
3. Summary of Test Method
to Type II of Specification D 1193.
3.1 A weighed quantity of the paint sample is diluted 6.3 Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK), technical grade.
(solvent-reducible paints in methyl isobutyl ketone and water- 6.4 Standard Paints—Prepare at least 3 standard paints by
reducible paints in water) and then aspirated into the burner of addingaccuratelyweighedquantitiesofananalyticallyassayed
an atomic absorption spectrometer. Lead content of the paint is compatible lead compound to a solvent-reducible or water-
determined from a calibration plot of absorbance versus reducible paint that has been analyzed by Test Method D 3335
concentration, prepared from standard coatings containing and shown to contain less than 10 ppm of lead. Determine the
known amounts of lead.
1 4
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-1 on Paint Reagent Chemicals, American Chemical Society Specifications, American
and Related Coatings, Materials, andApplications and is the direct responsibility of Chemical Society, Washington, DC. For suggestions on the testing of reagents not
Subcommittee D01.21 on Chemical Analysis of Paints and Paint Materials. listed by the American Chemical Society, see Analar Standards for Laboratory
Current edition approved Dec. 16, 1988. Published February 1989. Chemicals, BDH Ltd., Poole, Dorset, U.K., and the United States Pharmacopeia
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.01. and National Formulary, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. (USPC), Rockville,
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01. MD.
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D4834
instrument used as well as for differing lead content limits.
nonvolatile content of the base paint and choose quantities of
the lead compound so that the lead concentrations of the
8.3 Aspirate the diluted paint specimens immediately
standard paints will be approximately 300, 600, and 900 µg/g
(Caution—See Note 1) after mixing and measure the absor-
based on the nonvolatile content.
bance (see Note 2). Aspirate MIBK or water, as appropriate
between specimen aspirations. Determine the micrograms of
7. Calibration and Standardization
lead present from the calibration curve.
7.1 Prepare at least t
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