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

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Current U.S. regulations restrict the amount of lead that may be present in consumer paint products to less than 0.06 % based on the total solids. This test method provides a rapid means for screening paints to determine compliance with those regulations. The test method may be adjusted to meet regulations with a different limit on lead content.
SCOPE
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 D 3335. This test method provides a more definitive and reliable screening test than Test Method D 3618.
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 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.4 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:D4834–03
Standard Test Method for
Detection of Lead in Paint by Direct Aspiration Atomic
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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 3. Summary of Test Method
1.1 This test method is intended as a screening test to 3.1 A weighed quantity of the paint sample is diluted
determine if the solids in a paint contain more than 0.06 % (solvent-reducible paints in methyl isobutyl ketone and water-
lead. The test described can differentiate between 0.05 and reducible paints in water) and then aspirated into the burner of
0.06 %. Paints giving a result greater than 0.05 % should be an atomic absorption spectrometer. Lead content of the paint is
analyzed quantitatively for lead using Test Method D 3335. determined from a calibration plot of absorbance versus
This test method provides a more definitive and reliable concentration, prepared from standard coatings containing
screening test than Test Method D 3618. known amounts of lead.
1.2 There is no reason to believe that higher levels of lead
4. Significance and Use
could not be determined by this test method provided that
4.1 Current U.S. regulations restrict the amount of lead that
appropriate dilutions and adjustments in specimen size and
reagent quantities are made. may be present in consumer paint products to less than 0.06 %
based on the total solids. This test method provides a rapid
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information means for screening paints to determine compliance with those
regulations. The test method may be adjusted to meet regula-
only.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the tions with a different limit on lead content.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
5. Apparatus
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
5.1 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, consisting of an
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
atomizerandeitherasingle-orathree-slotburner,gaspressure
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
regulating and metering devices for air and acetylene, lead
2. Referenced Documents
source lamp with a regulated constant-current supply, a mono-
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chromator and associated optics, a photosensitive detector
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water connected to an electronic amplifier, and a readout device.
5.2 Volumetric Flasks,50mL.
D 2832 Guide for Determining Volatile and Nonvolatile
Content of Paint and Related Coatings
6. Reagent and Materials
D 3335 Test Method for Low Concentrations of Lead,
6.1 Purity of Reagents—Reagent grade chemicals shall be
Cadmium, and Cobalt in Paint by Atomic Absorption
used in all tests unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise
Spectroscopy
indicated, it is intended that all reagents shall conform to the
D 3618 Test Method for Detection of Lead in Paint and
specifications of the Committee on Analytical Reagents of the
Dried Paint Films
American Chemical Society, where such specifications are
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available. Other grades may be used, provided it is first
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D01 on Paint
and Related Coatings, Materials, andApplications and is the direct responsibility of
Subcommittee D01.21 on Chemical Analysis of Paints and Paint Materials.
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Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2003. Published January 2004. Originally Reagent Chemicals, American Chemical Society Specifications, American
approved in 1988. Last previous edition approved in 1988 as D 4834 – 88 (1998). Chemical Society, Washington, DC. For suggestions on the testing of reagents not
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or listed by the American Chemical Society, see Analar Standards for Laboratory
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Chemicals, BDH Ltd., Poole, Dorset, U.K., and the United States Pharmacopeia
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on and National Formulary, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. (USPC), Rockville,
the ASTM website. MD.
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D4834–03
ascertained that the reagent is of sufficiently high purity to 8. Procedure
permit its use without lessening the accuracy of the determi-
8.1 Mixthepainttobetesteduntilhomogeneous,prefer
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