EN ISO 16017-2:2003

Indoor, ambient and workplace air - Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas chromatography - Part 2: Diffusive sampling (ISO 16017-2:2003)

ISO 16017-2:2003 gives general guidance for the sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air. It is applicable to indoor, ambient and workplace air.
ISO 16017-2:2003 is applicable to a wide range of VOCs, including hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, ester, glycol ethers, ketones and alcohols. A number of sorbents are recommended for the sampling of these VOCs, each sorbent having a different range of applicability. Very polar compounds generally require derivatisation; very low boiling compounds are only partially retained by the sorbents and can only be estimated qualitatively. Semi-volatile compounds are fully retained by the sorbents, but may only be partially recovered.
ISO 16017-2:2003 is applicable to the measurement of airborne vapours of VOCs in a concentration range of approximately 0,002 mg/m3 to 100 mg/m3 individual organic for an exposure time of 8 h, or 0,3 g/m3 to 300 g/m3 individual organic for an exposure time of four weeks.
The upper limit of the useful range is set by the sorptive capacity of the sorbent used and by the linear dynamic range of the gas chromatograph column and detector or by the sample splitting capability of the analytical instrumentation used. The lower limit of the useful range depends on the noise level of the detector and on blank levels of analyte and/or interfering artefacts on the sorbent tubes. Artefacts are typically sub-nanogram for well-conditioned Tenax GR and carbonaceous sorbents, carbonized molecular sieves and pure charcoals; at low nanogram levels for Tenax TA and at 5 ng to 50 ng levels for other porous polymers.

Innenraumluft, Außenluft und Luft am Arbeitsplatz - Probenahme und Analyse flüchtiger organischer Verbindungen durch Sorptionsröhrchen/thermische Desorption/Kapillar-Gaschromatographie - Teil 2: Probenahme mit Passivsammlern (ISO 16017-2:2003)

Dieser Teil der ISO 16017 gibt allgemeine Hinweise für die Probenahme und Analyse flüchtiger organischer Verbindungen (VOC) in der Luft. Er ist anwendbar für die Bereiche Innenraumluft, Außenluft und Luft am Arbeitsplatz.
Dieser Teil der ISO 16017 ist für eine große Bandbreite von VOC, einschließlich Kohlenwasserstoffen, halogenierten Kohlenwasserstoffen, Estern, Glykolethern, Ketonen und Alkoholen, anwendbar. Eine Vielzahl an Sorbenzien ) wird für die Probenahme dieser VOC empfohlen; jedes Sorbens hat einen unterschiedlichen Anwendungsbereich. Sehr polare Verbindungen erfordern im Allgemeinen eine Derivatisierung. Verbindungen mit sehr niedrigem Siedepunkt werden nur partiell von den Sorbenzien zurückgehalten und können nur qualitativ abgeschätzt werden. Semi-flüchtige Verbindungen werden vollständig durch die Sorbenzien zurückgehalten, können aber nur zum Teil wiedergefunden werden.
Dieser Teil der ISO 16017 ist anwendbar für die Messung von VOC-haltigen Dämpfen in der Luft im Konzentrationsbereich von ungefähr 0,002 mg/m3 bis 100 mg/m3 für jede einzelne Verbindung bei einer Expositionszeit von 8 h oder 0,3 µg/m3 bis 300 µg/m3 für jede einzelne Verbindung bei einer Expositionszeit von 4 Wochen.
Die obere Nachweisgrenze eines sinnvollen Anwendungsbereiches wird durch die Sorptionskapazität des verwendeten Sorbens und durch den linearen dynamischen Bereich der Gaschromatographiesäule und des Detektors oder durch die Beschaffenheit des Probensplits in dem verwendeten analytischen Gerät festgelegt. Die untere Nachweisgrenze eines sinnvollen Anwendungsbereiches hängt von dem Rauschverhalten des Detektors und von den Blindwerten der zu bestimmenden Verbindungen und/oder den störenden Artefakten auf den Sorptionsröhrchen ab. Artefakte liegen typischerweise unterhalb des Nanogrammbereiches für gut gereinigtes Tenax

Air intérieur, air ambiant et air des lieux de travail - Echantillonnage et analyse des composés organiques volatils par tube à adsorption/désorption thermique/chromatographie en phase gazeuse sur capillaire - Partie 2: Echantillonnage par diffusion (ISO 16017-2:2003)

L'ISO 16017-2:2003 donne des lignes directrices générales portant sur l'échantillonnage et l'analyse des composés organiques volatils (COV) dans l'air. Elle est applicable à l'air intérieur, à l'air ambiant et à l'air des lieux de travail.
L'ISO 16017-2:2003 est applicable à un grand nombre de COV, y compris les hydrocarbures, les hydrocarbures halogénés, les esters, les éthers de glycol, les cétones et les alcools. Certains adsorbants sont recommandés pour l'échantillonnage de ces COV, chaque adsorbant ayant des applications particulières. Les composés fortement polaires doivent généralement être dérivés; les composés à point d'ébullition très bas sont seulement partiellement retenus par les adsorbants et leur évaluation ne peut être que qualitative. En revanche, les composés semi-volatils sont totalement retenus par les adsorbants mais ne peuvent être que partiellement récupérés.
L'ISO 16017-2:2003 est applicable au mesurage des vapeurs de COV en suspension dans l'air sur une étendue de concentration en masse des composés organiques individuels comprise entre 0,002 milligrammes par mètre cube et 100 milligrammes par mètre cube environ pour une durée d'exposition de 8 h, ou une étendue de concentration en masse des composés organiques individuels comprise entre 0,3 microgrammes par mètre cube et 300 microgrammes par mètre cube pour une durée d'exposition de quatre semaines.
La limite supérieure de l'étendue utile est déterminée par la capacité d'adsorption de l'adsorbant utilisé et par l'étendue dynamique linéaire de la colonne et du détecteur du chromatographe en phase gazeuse ou par la capacité de séparation des échantillons des instruments d'analyse utilisés. La limite inférieure de l'étendue utile dépend du niveau de bruit du détecteur et des niveaux à blanc de l'analyte et/ou des artefacts d'interférences sur les tubes à adsorption. Ces artefacts sont généralement d'un ordre inférieur au nanogramme pour les Tenax GR correctement étalonnés et pour les adsorbants carbonés tels que les matériaux de type Carbopack/Carbotrap, pour les tamis moléculaires carbonés tels que le Spherocarb et pour les charbons purs; ils sont de l'ordre du nanogramme pour le Tenax TA et de 5 nanogrammes à 50 nanogrammes pour les autres polymères poreux tels que les Chromosorbs et les Porapaks.

Notranji in zunanji zrak ter zrak na delovnem mestu – Vzorčenje in analiza hlapnih organskih spojin z absorpcijskimi cevkami in kapilarno plinsko kromatografijo s toplotno desorpcijo – 2. del: Difuzijsko vzorčenje (ISO 16017-2:2003)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 14-May-2003
• ICS: 13.040.01 - Air quality in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 264 - Air quality
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 264 - Air quality
• Current Stage: 9093 - Decision to confirm - Review Enquiry
• Start Date: 23-Nov-2007
• Completion Date: 23-Nov-2007
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 16017-2:2003 - Indoor, ambient and workplace air - Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas chromatography - Part 2: Diffusive sampling (ISO 16017-2:2003)

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Indoor, ambient and workplace air - Sampling and analysis of volatile organic
compounds by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas chromatography - Part 2:
Diffusive sampling (ISO 16017-2:2003)
Innenraumluft, Außenluft und Luft am Arbeitsplatz - Probenahme und Analyse flüchtiger
organischer Verbindungen durch Sorptionsröhrchen/thermische Desorption/Kapillar-
Gaschromatographie - Teil 2: Probenahme mit Passivsammlern (ISO 16017-2:2003)
Air intérieur, air ambiant et air des lieux de travail - Echantillonnage et analyse des
composés organiques volatils par tube a adsorption/désorption
thermique/chromatographie en phase gazeuse sur capillaire - Partie 2: Echantillonnage
par diffusion (ISO 16017-2:2003)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 16017-2:2003
ICS:
13.040.01 Kakovost zraka na splošno Air quality in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 16017-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2003
ICS 13.040.01
English version
Indoor, ambient and workplace air - Sampling and analysis of
volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal
desorption/capillary gas chromatography - Part 2: Diffusive
sampling (ISO 16017-2:2003)
Air intérieur, air ambiant et air des lieux de travail - Innenraumluft, Außenluft und Luft am Arbeitsplatz -
Echantillonnage et analyse des composés organiques Probenahme und Analyse flüchtiger organischer
volatils par tube à adsorption/désorption Verbindungen durch Sorptionsröhrchen/thermische
thermique/chromatographie en phase gazeuse sur Desorption/Kapillar- Gaschromatographie - Teil 2:
capillaire - Partie 2: Echantillonnage par diffusion (ISO Probenahme mit Passivsammlern (ISO 16017-2:2003)
16017-2:2003)
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CORRECTED  2003-07-16
Foreword
This document (EN ISO 16017-2:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 146
"Air quality" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 264 "Air quality", the secretariat
of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of
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The text of ISO 16017-2:2003 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 16017-2:2003 without any
modifications.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 16017-2
First edition
2003-05-15
Indoor, ambient and workplace air —
Sampling and analysis of volatile organic
compounds by sorbent tube/thermal
desorption/capillary gas
chromatography —
Part 2:
Diffusive sampling
Air intérieur, air ambiant et air des lieux de travail — Échantillonnage et
analyse des composés organiques volatils par tube à
adsorption/désorption thermique/chromatographie en phase gazeuse
sur capillaire —
Partie 2: Échantillonnage par diffusion

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ISO 16017-2:2003(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
1 Scope. 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Principle . 2
4 Reagents and materials. 2
5 Apparatus. 4
6 Sample tube conditioning . 5
7 Sampling . 5
8 Procedure. 6
8.1 Safety precautions . 6
8.2 Desorption and analysis. 6
8.3 Calibration. 8
8.4 Determination of sample concentration . 8
8.5 Determination of desorption efficiency . 8
8.6 Calibration of uptake rate. 8
9 Calculations. 9
9.1 Mass concentration of analyte . 9
9.2 Volume concentration of analyte . 9
9.3 Uptake rates. 10
10 Interferences. 10
11 Performance characteristics. 11
12 Test report. 11
13 Quality control. 11
Annex A (informative) Operating principles of diffusive sampling . 22
Annex B (informative) Description of sorbent types. 28
Annex C (informative) Guidance on sorbent selection. 29
Annex D (informative) Guidance on sorbent use . 30
Annex E (informative) Summary of data on overall uncertainty, precision, bias and storage. 31
Bibliography . 33

ISO 16017-2:2003(E)
Foreword
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ISO 16017-2 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 146, Air quality, Subcommittee SC 6, Indoor air.
ISO 16017 consists of the following parts, under the general title Indoor, ambient and workplace air —
Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas
chromatography:
 Part 1: Pumped sampling
 Part 2: Diffusive sampling
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 16017-2:2003(E)

Indoor, ambient and workplace air — Sampling and analysis of
volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal
desorption/capillary gas chromatography —
Part 2:
Diffusive sampling
1 Scope
This part of ISO 16017 gives general guidance for the sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) in air. It is applicable to indoor, ambient and workplace air.
This part of ISO 16017 is applicable to a wide range of VOCs, including hydrocarbons, halogenated
1)
hydrocarbons, esters, glycol ethers, ketones and alcohols. A number of sorbents are recommended for the
sampling of these VOCs, each sorbent having a different range of applicability. Very polar compounds
generally require derivatisation; very low boiling compounds are only partially retained by the sorbents and
can only be estimated qualitatively. Semi-volatile compounds are fully retained by the sorbents, but may only
be partially recovered.
This part of ISO 16017 is applicable to the measurement of airborne vapours of VOCs in a mass
3 3
concentration range of approximately 0,002 mg/m to 100 mg/m individual organic for an exposure time of
3 3
8 h, or 0,3 µg/m to 300 µg/m individual organic for an exposure time of four weeks.
The upper limit of the useful range is set by the sorptive capacity of the sorbent used and by the linear
dynamic range of the gas chromatograph column and detector or by the sample splitting capability of the
analytical instrumentation used. The lower limit of the useful range depends on the noise level of the detector
and on blank levels of analyte and/or interfering artefacts on the sorbent tubes. Artefacts are typically sub-
nanogram for well-conditio
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