prEN 15052

Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings - Evaluation and requirements of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions

This European Standard specifies an evaluation procedure for emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings, excluding formaldehyde. These floor coverings can be supplied in either tile, roll or plank form.
The evaluation involves measuring/estimating individual and total VOC levels emitting from the floor covering under standardized laboratory conditions.
VOC and TVOC levels are then evaluated against the requirements set in this standard.

Elastische, textile und Laminat-Bodenbeläge - Bewertung von und Anforderungen an Emissionen von flüchtigen, organischen Verbindungen (VOC)

Diese Europäische Norm legt ein Bewertungsverfahren fest, das auf den Anforderungen an die Emissionen flüchtiger, organischer Verbindungen (außer Formaldehyd) aus elastischen, textilen Bodenbelägen und Laminatböden beruht. Diese Bodenbeläge sind in Form von Fliesen, Rollen oder Platten lieferbar.

Revêtements de sol résilients, textiles et stratifiés - Evaluation des émissions de composés organiques volatils (COV) et exigences correspondantes

La présente Norme européenne spécifie un mode opératoire d’évaluation basé sur les exigences applicables aux émissions de composés organiques volatils (formaldéhydes non compris) par les revêtements de sol résilients, textiles et stratifiés. Ces revêtements de sol peuvent être livrés en dalles, en rouleaux ou en bandes.

Netekstilne, tekstilne in laminatne talne obloge - Ocena in zahteve za emisije hlapnih organskih spojin (HOS)

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 59.080.60 - Textile floor coverings
• ICS: 97.150 - Floor coverings
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 134 - Resilient and textile floor coverings
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 134 - Resilient and textile floor coverings
• Current Stage: 5098 - Decision to abandon - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 24-Jul-2008
• Completion Date: 24-Jul-2008
• Directive: 305/2011 - Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
• Directive: 89/106/EEC - Construction products
• Mandate: M/119 - Mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning the execution of standardization work for harmonized standards on floorings
• Ref Project: kSIST prEN 15052:2008 - Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings - Evaluation and requirements of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI OSIST prEN 15052:2004

PREDSTANDARD
december 2004
Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings - Evaluation and requirements of
volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions
ICS 97.150 Referenčna številka
OSIST prEN 15052:2004(en)
©  Standard je založil in izdal Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje ali kopiranje celote ali delov tega dokumenta ni dovoljeno

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
prEN 15052
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2004
ICS

English version
Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings - Evaluation and
requirements of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions
Revêtements de sol Résilients, Textiles et Stratifiés - Elastische, textile und Laminat-Bodenbeläge - Bewertung
Evaluation et exigences des émissions de composes und Anforderungen zu Emissionen von flüchtigen,
organiques volatils (COV) organischen Verbindungen (VOC)
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 134.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36  B-1050 Brussels
© 2004 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 15052:2004: E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents Page
Foreword. 3
1 Scope. 4
2 Normative references. 4
3 Terms and definitions. 4
4 Procedure for sampling and storage of samples and preparation of test
specimens. 5
5 Experimental conditions and calculation of results. 5
6 Requirements. 6
Annex A (normative) List of carcinogenic compounds. 7
Annex B (normative) List of volatile organic compounds: lowest concentrations of
interest LCI . 11
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Annex C (informative) Test report. 17

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prEN 15052:2004 (E)
Foreword
This document (prEN 15052:2004) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 134
“Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document is based on Report 18 (1997) from the European Collaborative Action : Evaluation of
VOC emissions from building products (solid flooring materials).
Annexes A, B are normative.
Annex C is informative.

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1 Scope
This European Standard specifies an evaluation procedure based on requirements for the emissions
of volatile organic compounds of resilient, textile and laminate floorcoverings. These floorcoverings
can be supplied in either tile or roll or plank form.
Volatile organic compounds to be considered are defined in ISO DIS 16000-6.2 par. 3.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
prEN 13419-1: 2002, Building products — Determination of the emission of volatile organic
compounds — Part 1: emission test chamber method
prEN 13419-2: 2002, Building products — Determination of the emission of volatile organic
compounds — Part 2: emission test cell method
prEN 13419-3: 2002, Building products — Determination of the emission of volatile organic
compounds — Part 3 : Procedure for sampling, storage of samples and preparation of test specimens
ISO/DIS 16000-6: 2002, Indoor air — Determination of VOCs in indoor air and chamber air by active
sampling on Tenax TA, thermal desorption and gas chromatographic MSD/FID
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this standard, the following definitions apply :
3.1
lowest Concentrations of Interest ( LCI )
i
lowest concentration above which, according to best professional judgment, an organic compound
might have some adverse effect on people in the indoor environment
3.2
concentration of volatile organic compound C
i
3
measured concentration of a volatile organic compound in µg/m
3.3
R-value
for the evaluation of each compound i the ratio R is established as R = C / LCI where C is the
i i i i i
chamber concentration of compound i.
If R falls below 1, it is assumed that there will be no adverse health effects.
i
3
If several compounds with a concentration > 5 µg/m are detected, additivity of effects is assumed
and it is required that R, the sum of all R , shall not exceed the value 1.
i
R = sum of all R = sum of all ratios (C / LCI )
i i i
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4 Procedure for sampling and storage of samples and preparation of test
specimens
Procedures for sampling and storage of samples and the preparation of test specimens are described
in EN 13419-3, Building products-Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds —
Part 3: Procedure for sampling, storage of samples and preparation of test specimens.
5 Experimental conditions and calculation of results
For the purpose of defining the evaluation procedure and the requirements, the following experimental
conditions are defined in order to express the results in concentrations:
At a given test condition, C (the concentration of the individual compound i in the outlet air of the test
i
chamber or the test cell) depends on the area specific emission rate of the test specimen and the air
flow rate through the emission test chamber or test cell.
For solid materials (like floor coverings) the area specific emission rate in a test chamber or a test-cell
can be regarded as constant.
In this case the relation between C , SERa (the area specific emission rate of the individual compound
i i
i) and q (the area specific air flow rate) can be expressed as:
C = SERa / q
i i
with
q = n/L
n: air exchange rate [1/h]
2 3
L: product loading factor [m /m ]
[µg/m³] = SERa [µg/m²h] / q [m/h]
Ci i
For the emission tests on solid floor covering products according to the chamber method as described
in EN 13419-1 the following parameters worked satisfactorily and have been proven in practise:
air exchange rate (n):  0.5 [1/h]
2 3
product loading factor (L): 0.4 [m /m ] with q being: 1,25 [m/h]
For the test cell method comparable conditions are to be selected
Further Information on the calculation of test results can be found in Report 18 (1997) from the
European Collaborative Action: Evaluation of VOC emissions from building products (solid flooring
materials) on pages 16-18.
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6 Requirements
Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings shall satisfy the following requirements:
Characteristic Maximum concentration of Test method
VOC in emission test
chamber / cell
after 3 days
Sum of all carcinogenic
3
≤ 10µg/m
EN 13419 parts 1-2-3
compounds as defined in

annex A
TVOC  ISO 16000-6
≤ 10000 µg/m³
3
Report the toluene equivalent concentration of the sum of all unidentifiable compounds
for information purposes.
Report separately the toluene equivalent according to equations set in ISO 16000-6.2 of
VVOC and SVOC compounds as described in ISO 16000-6.2 for information purposes.
Report the individual compounds before hexane and after hexadecane at concentrations
3 3
above 2 µg/m and the number of unknowns with concentrations > 2 µg/m .
Cut off criteria: if the results of the tests after 3 days are lower than the criteria set for the
tests after 28 days, the 28 days criteria are considered to be met.
after 28 days
EN 13419-1-2-3
3
TVOC
≤ 1000 µg/m
28

Sum of all carcinogenic ≤ 2 µg/m³ (*) ISO 16000-6
compounds as defined in

annex A
Sum of C /LCI for all
≤ 1
i i
assessable compounds
defined in annex B
Report the toluene equivalent concentration of the sum of all non-assessable compounds
(with unknown LCI) for information purposes.
Report separately the toluene equivalent according to equations set in ISO 16000-6.2 of
VVOC and SVOC compounds as described in ISO 16000-6.2 for information purposes.
Report the individual compounds before hexane and after hexadecane at concentrations
3 3
above 2 µg/m and the number of unknowns with concentrations > 2 µg/m .



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Annex A
(normative)

List of carcinogenic compounds
The list to be considered is the consolidated list of carcinogenic compounds related to point 29 to
annex 1 of the European Directive 76/769/EC.
NOTE This list is only to be considered for volatile components as defined in ISO 16000-6.2 par. 3.
CAS-Nr. Substance Index-Nr. EG-Nr. Category
106-97-8 Butane, (contains >= 0,1 % Butadiene) 601-004-01-8 203-448-7 1
106-99-0 1,3-Butadiene 601-013-00-X 203-450-8 1
Chloromethyl-methylether,
107-30-2 Chlorodimethylether, 603-075-00-3 203-480-1 1
505-60-2 2,2´-Dichlordiethylsulfide MAK/BAT 1
51-75-2 N-Methyl-bis-(2-chloro-ethyl)amine 200-120-5 MAK/BAT 1
Bis(chloromethyl)ether
542-88-1 (Dichlorodimethylether) 603-046-00-5 208-832-8 1
71-43-2 Benzene 601-020-00-8 200-753-7 1
75-01-4 Vinylchloride 602-023-00-7 200-831-0 1
75-28-5 Isobutane (contains >= 0,1 % Butadiene) 200-857-2 1
91-59-8 2-Naphthylamine 612-022-00-3 202-080-4 1
4-Aminodiphenyl, 4-Phenylanilin or 1,1´-
92-67-1 Biphenyl-4-amino 612-072-00-6 202-177-1 1
Benzidine (Benzidine or 4,4´-Diamino-1,1´-
92-87-5 biphenyl) 612-042-002 202-199-1 1
95-69-2 4-Chlor-o-toluidine (4-Chloro-methyl-aniline) 202-441-6 MAK/BAT 1
Captafol, 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-N-(1,1,2,2,-
2425-06-1 tetrachlorethylthio)phthalimide 613-046-00-7 219-363-3 2
6804-07-5 Carbadox 613-050-00-9 229-879-0 2
100-44-7 alpha-Chlorotoluene, Benzylchloride 602-037-00-3 202-853-6 2
100-63-0 Phenylhydrazine 612-023-00-9 202-873-5 2
100-75-4 N-Nitrosopiperidine 202-886-6 MAK/BAT 2
101-14-4 4, 4`-Methylen-bis(-2-chloraniline) 612-078-00-9 202-918-9 2
4,4´-Methylen-bis-(N,N-dimethylaniline)-
101-61-1 benzamine 202-959-2 MAK/BAT 2
4, 4`-Diaminodiphenylmethane (4, 4`-
101-77-9 Methylendianiline) 612-051-00-1 202-974-4 2
4, 4`-Diaminodiphenylether (4,4´-
101-80-4 Oxydianiline) 202-977-0 MAK/BAT 2
103-33-3 Azobenzene 611-001-00-6 203-102-5 2
10595-95-6 N-Nitrosomethylethylamine MAK/BAT 2
106-47-8 4-Chlor-aniline 612-137-00-9 203-401-0 2
1-Epoxiethyl-3,4-epoxi-cyclohexane, 4-Vinyl-
106-87-6 1,2-cyclohexendiepoxide 603-066-00-4 203-437-7 MAK/BAT 2
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CAS-Nr. Substance Index-Nr. EG-Nr. Category
106-89-8 1-Chloro-2,3-epoxypropane, Epichlorhydrine 603-026-00-6 203-439-8 2
106-93-4 1,2-Dibromethane 602-010-006-6 203-444-5 2
107-06-2 1,2-Dichlorethane 602-012-00-7 203-458-1 2
107-13-1 Acrylnitrile 608-003-00-4 203-466-5 2
(7-(4,6-Bis-(2-ammoniopropylamino)-1,3,5-
triazin-2-ylamino)-4-hydroxi-3-3(2-
methoxiphenyl)azo)naphthaline-2-
108225-03-2 sulfonato)monoformiate 611-058-00-7402-060-7 2
110-00-9 Furane 603-105-00-5 203-727-3 2
1116-54-7 2,2'- (nitrosoimino)-bis-ethanol 612-090-00-4 214-237-4 2
1120-71-4 1,3-Propansultone 016-032-00-3 214-317-9 2
1121-03-5 2,4-Butansultone 214-325-2 MAK/BAT 2
118-74-1 Hexachlorbenzene 602-065-00-6 204-273-9 2
o-Dianisidine (3,3´-Dimethoxibenzidine, 4,4´-
119-90-4 Diamino-3,3´-methoxi-1,1´-biphenyl 612-036-00-X 204-355-4 2
o-Tolidine; 3,3-Dimethylbenzidine or 4,4´-
119-93-7 3,3´-dimethyl-1,1´-biphenyl 612-041-00-7 204-358-0 2
120-71-8 p-Kresidine; 2-Methoxi-5-methylaniline 204-419-1 MAK/BAT 2
121-14-2 2,4-Dinitrotoluene 609-007-00-9 204-450-0 2
25321-14-6 Dinitrotoluene (Isomerenmix) 246-836-1 2
122-60-1 1,2-Epoxi-3-phenoxipropan, 603-067-00-X 204-557-2 2
122-66-7 Hydrazobenzene 007-021-00-4 204-563-5 2
13360-57-1 Dimethylsulfamoylchloride 016-033-00-9 236-412-4 2
137-17-7 2,4,5-Trimethylaniline 205-282-0 MAK/BAT 2
4,4´-Thiodianiline ((Bis-(4-aminophenyl)-
139-65-1 sulfide) 205-370-9 MAK/BAT 2
1464-53-5 1,2,3,4-Diepoxibutane 603-060-00-1 215-979-1 2
151-56-4 Ethylenimine, Aziridine 613-001-00-1 205-793-9 2
16071-86-6 CI Direct Brown 611-005-00-8 240-221-1 2
Nitrofene, 2,4-Dichlorophenyl-4
1836-75-5 nitrophenylether 609-040-00-9 217-406-0 2
192-97-2 Benzo[e]pyrene 601-049-000-6 205-892-7 2
1937-37-7 C.I. Direct Black 38 611-025-00-7 217-710-3 2
205-82-3 Benzo[j]fluoranthene 601-035-00-X 205-910-3 2
205-99-2 Benzo[b]fluoranthene 601-034-00-4 205-911-9 2
207-08-9 Benzo[k]fluoranthene 601-036-00-5 205-916-6 2
218-01-9 Chrysene 601-048-00-0 205-923-4 2
1,4,5,8-Tetraaminoanthrachinon, CI Disperse
2475-45-8 Blue 1 611-032-00-5 219-603-7 2
2602-46-2 C.I. Direct Blue 6 611-026-00-2 220-012-1 2
27140-08-5 Phenylhydrazinehydrochloride 248-259-0 2
302-01-2 Hydrazine 007-008-00-3 206-114-9 2
334-88-3 Diazomethane 006-068-00-8 206-382-7 2
399-95-1 4-Amino-3-fluorphenol 604-028-00-X 402-230-0 2
50-32-8 Benzo[a]pyrene 601-032-00-3 200-028-5 2
509-14-8 Tetranitromethane 208-094-7 MAK/BAT 2
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CAS-Nr. Substance Index-Nr. EG-Nr. Category
51594-55-9 (R)-1-Chlor-2,3-epoxypropane 603-166-00-8 424-280-2 2
51-79-6 Urethane (Ethylcarbamate) 607-149-00-6 200-123-1 2
52033-74-6 Phenylhydraziniumsulfate 257-622-2 2
5216-25-1 4-Chlorbenzotrichloride 226-009-1 MAK/BAT 2
53-70-3 Dibenz[a,h]anthracene 601-041-00-2 200-181-8 2
540-73-8 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine 007-013-00-0 2
542-75-6 1,3-Dichlorpropene (cis and trans) 602-030-00-5 208-826-5 MAK/BAT 2
55-18-5 N-Nito
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