EN 62321:2009

Electrotechnical products - Determination of levels of six regulated substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers)

IEC 62321:2008, which is an International Standard, specifies the determination of the levels of lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) contained in inorganic and organic compounds, and two types of brominated flame retardants, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) contained in electrotechnical products. This standard refers to the sample as the object to be processed and measured. The nature of the sample and the manner in which it is acquired is defined by the entity carrying out the tests and not by this standard. It has the status of a horizontal standard in accordance with IEC Guide 108.

Produkte in der Elektrotechnik - Bestimmung von Bestandteilen der sechs Inhaltsstoffe (Blei, Quecksilber, Cadmium, sechswertiges Chrom, polybromiertes Biphenyl, polybromierter Diphenylether), die einer Beschränkung unterworfen sind

Produits électrotechniques - Détermination des niveaux de six substances réglementées (plomb, mercure, cadmium, chrome hexavalent, diphényles polybromés, diphényléthers polybromés)

La CEI 62321:2008, qui est une Norme internationale, spécifie la détermination des niveaux de plomb (Pb), de mercure (Hg), de cadmium (Cd), de chrome hexavalent (Cr(VI)) contenus dans des composés inorganiques et organiques, ainsi que de deux types de retardateurs de flammes bromés, diphényles polybromés (PBB) et diphényles éthers polybromés (PBDE) contenus dans les produits électrotechniques. Cette norme fait référence à l'échantillon comme étant l'objet à traiter et à mesurer. L'entité qui réalise les essais définit la nature de l'échantillon et la manière de l'obtenir, et non pas la présente norme. Elle a le statut de norme horizontale conformément au Guide 108.

Elektrotehniški izdelki - Določanje vsebnosti šestih reguliranih substanc (svinec, živo srebro, kadmij, šestvalentni krom, polibromirani bifenili, polibromirani difenil etri) (IEC 62321:2008)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 02-Apr-2009
• Withdrawal Date: 29-Feb-2012
• ICS: 13.020 - Environmental protection
• ICS: 43.040.10 - Electrical and electronic equipment
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 111X - Environment
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 111 - Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 111 - Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 02-May-2020
• Completion Date: 02-May-2020
• Directive: 2002/95/EC - Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
• Directive: 2011/65/EU - DIRECTIVE 2011/65/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
• Ref Project: SIST EN 62321:2009 - Electrotechnical products - Determination of levels of six regulated substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers)

Relations

• Replaced By: EN 62321-3-2:2014 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 3-2: Screening - Total bromine in polymers and electronics by Combustion - Ion Chromatography
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 62321-2:2014 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 2: Disassembly, disjointment and mechanical sample preparation
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 62321-5:2014 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 5: Cadmium, lead and chromium in polymers and electronics and cadmium and lead in metals by AAS, AFS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 62321-6:2015 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 6: Polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in polymers by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 62321-4:2014 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 4: Mercury in polymers, metals and electronics by CV-AAS, CV-AFS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 62321-3-1:2014 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 3-1: Screening - Lead, mercury, cadmium, total chromium and total bromine by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 62321-7-1:2015 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 7-1: Hexavalent chromium - Presence of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in colorless and colored corrosion-protected coatings on metals by the colorimetric method
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 62321-1:2013 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 1: Introduction and overview
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 62321-7-2:2017 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 7-2: Hexavalent chromium - Determination of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in polymers and electronics by the colorimetric method
• Effective Date: 07-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

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Electrotechnical products - Determination of levels of six regulated substances (lead,
mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated
diphenyl ethers)
Produkte in der Elektrotechnik - Bestimmung von Bestandteilen der sechs Inhaltsstoffe
(Blei, Quecksilber, Cadmium, sechswertiges Chrom, polybromiertes Biphenyl,
polybromierter Diphenylether), die einer Beschränkung unterworfen sind
Produits électrotechniques - Détermination des niveaux en six substances réglementées
(plomb, mercure, cadmium, chrome hexavalent, diphényles polybromes, diphényléthers
polybromes)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62321:2009
ICS:
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
31.020 Elektronske komponente na Electronic components in
splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62321
NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2009
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.020; 43.040.10
English version
Electrotechnical products -
Determination of levels of six regulated substances
(lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers)
(IEC 62321:2008)
Produits électrotechniques -  Produkte in der Elektrotechnik -
Détermination des niveaux Bestimmung von Bestandteilen
de six substances réglementées der sechs Inhaltsstoffe
(plomb, mercure, cadmium, chrome (Blei, Quecksilber, Cadmium,
hexavalent, diphényles polybromés, sechswertiges Chrom, polybromiertes
diphényléthers polybromés) Biphenyl, polybromierter Diphenylether),
(CEI 62321:2008) die einer Beschränkung unterworfen sind
(IEC 62321:2008)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2009-03-01. CENELEC 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.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified
to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

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Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

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© 2009 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 62321:2009 E
Foreword
The text of document 111/116/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62321, prepared by IEC TC 111,
Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 62321 on 2009-03-01.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2009-12-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2012-03-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62321:2008 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60730-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60730-1:2000 (modified).
ISO 3613 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 3613:2001 (not modified).
ISO 17294-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 17294-1:2006 (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

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.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

ISO/IEC Guide 98 1995 Guide to the expression of uncertainty in - -
measurement (GUM)
1) 2)
ISO/IEC 17025 - General requirements for the competence EN ISO/IEC 17025 2005
of testing and calibration laboratories

1) 2)
ISO 3696 - Water for analytical laboratory use - EN ISO 3696 1995
Specification and test methods

1) 2)
ISO 5961 - Water quality - Determination of cadmium EN ISO 5961 1995
by atomic absorption spectrometry

1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

IEC 62321
Edition 1.0 2008-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Electrotechnical products – Determination of levels of six regulated substances
(lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls,
polybrominated diphenyl ethers)

Produits électrotechniques – Détermination des niveaux de six substances
réglementées (plomb, mercure, cadmium, chrome hexavalent, diphényles
polybromés, diphényléthers polybromés)

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
XE
CODE PRIX
ICS 13.020; 43.040.10 ISBN 2-8318-1020-7
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.6
INTRODUCTION.8
1 Scope.9
2 Normative references .9
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations .10
3.1 Terms and definitions .10
3.2 Abbreviations .11
4 Test methods – Overview .13
4.1 Field of application .13
4.2 Sample.13
4.3 Test methods – Flow chart .14
4.4 Adjustment to the matrix.15
4.5 Limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantification (LOQ).15
4.6 Test report .16
4.7 Alternative test methods .16
5 Mechanical sample preparation .17
5.1 Overview .17
5.1.1 Field of application .17
5.1.2 Quality assurance.17
5.2 Apparatus, equipment and materials .17
5.3 Procedure .18
5.3.1 Manual cutting.18
5.3.2 Coarse grinding/milling .18
5.3.3 Homogenizing .18
5.3.4 Fine grinding/milling .18
5.3.5 Very fine grinding of polymers and organic materials .19
6 Screening by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) .19
6.1 Overview .19
6.1.1 Principle .21
6.1.2 Warnings .22
6.2 Apparatus, equipment and materials .22
6.2.1 XRF spectrometer .22
6.2.2 Materials and tools .22
6.3 Reagents.22
6.4 Sampling .22
6.4.1 Non-destructive approach.22
6.4.2 Destructive approach.23
6.5 Procedure .23
6.5.1 General .23
6.5.2 Preparation of the spectrometer .23
6.5.3 Test portion .24
6.5.4 Verification of spectrometer performance.24
6.5.5 Tests .25
6.5.6 Calibration.25
6.6 Calculations .26
6.7 Evaluation of the method.27

62321 © IEC:2008 – 3 –
6.7.1 Lead.27
6.7.2 Mercury .27
6.7.3 Cadmium .27
6.7.4 Chromium.27
6.7.5 Bromine.28
6.8 Quality control .28
6.8.1 Accuracy of calibration .28
6.8.2 Control samples .28
6.9 Special cases .28
6.9.1 Presentation of a sample for measurement.28
6.9.2 Uniformity of the sample.29
7 Determination of mercury in polymers, metals and electronics by CV-AAS, CV-
AFS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS .30
7.1 Overview .30
7.2 Apparatus, equipment and materials .31
7.3 Reagents.32
7.4 Sample preparation .33
7.4.1 Test portion .33
7.4.2 Wet digestion (digestion of electronics) .33
7.4.3 Microwave digestion .
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