SIST EN 62321-1:2014

Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 1: Introduction and overview

This part of IEC 62321 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 is noted that the selection of the sample may affect the interpretation of the test results. While this standard provides guidance on the disassembly procedure employed for obtaining a sample, it does not determine or specify:
• the level of the disassembly procedure required for obtaining a sample;
• the definition of a “unit” or “homogenous material” as the sample;
• conformity assessment procedures.
NOTE Further guidance on assessment procedures may be found in IEC/TR 62476 [2].

Verfahren zur Bestimmung von bestimmten Substanzen in Produkten der Elektrotechnik - Teil 1: Einleitung und Übersicht

Détermination de certaines substances dans les produits électrotechniques - Partie 1: Introduction et présentation

La CEI 62321-1:2013 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 la présente norme. Elle donne des directives concernant le mode opératoire de démontage utilisé pour obtenir un échantillon. Cette première édition de la CEI 62321-1 remplace en partie la CEI 62321:2008, faisant une révision structurelle et replaçant, en général, les Articles 1 à 4.

Določevanje posameznih snovi v elektrotehničnih izdelkih - 1. del: Uvod in pregled

Ta del standarda IEC 62321 se nanaša na vzorec predmeta, ki se obdela in meri. Naravo vzorca in način, na katerega se pridobi, opredeli izvajalec preskusov in nista opredeljena v tem standardu. Opozoriti je treba, da lahko izbira vzorca vpliva na razlago rezultatov preskusa. Ta standard vsebuje navodila za postopek razstavljanja, ki se uporablja za pridobivanje vzorca, vendar ne določa ali opredeljuje:
• stopnje postopka razstavljanja, potrebnega za pridobivanje vzorca;
• opredelitve »enote« ali »homogenega materiala« kot vzorca;
• postopkov ugotavljanja skladnosti.
OPOMBA: Dodatna navodila za postopke ugotavljanja so na voljo v standardu IEC/TR 62476 [2].

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 20-Nov-2013
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• ICS: 31.020 - Electronic components in general
• Technical Committee: ITIV - Electronics assembly technology and Environmental standardization
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 15-Nov-2013
• Due Date: 20-Jan-2014
• Completion Date: 21-Nov-2013
• 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: 617/2013 - Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 of 26 June 2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for computers and computer servers
• Ref Project: EN 62321-1:2013 - Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 1: Introduction and overview

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN 62321:2009 - Electrotechnical products - Determination of levels of six regulated substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers)
• Effective Date: 22-Nov-2011
• Replaces: SIST EN 62321:2009 - Electrotechnical products - Determination of levels of six regulated substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers)
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Revised: SIST EN 62321:2009 - Electrotechnical products - Determination of levels of six regulated substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers)
• Effective Date: 07-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

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Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 1: Introduction
and overview
Verfahren zur Bestimmung von bestimmten Substanzen in Produkten der Elektrotechnik
- Teil 1: Einleitung und Übersicht
Détermination de certaines substances dans les produits électrotechniques - Partie 1:
Introduction et présentation
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62321-1:2013
ICS:
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
31.020 Elektronske komponente na Electronic components in
splošno general
SIST EN 62321-1:2014 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 62321-1:2014

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62321-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2013
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 13.020; 43.040.10 Supersedes EN 62321:2009 (partially)


English version


Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products -
Part 1: Introduction and overview
(IEC 62321-1:2013)


Détermination de certaines substances Verfahren zur Bestimmung von
dans les produits électrotechniques - bestimmten Substanzen in Produkten der
Partie 1: Introduction et présentation Elektrotechnik -
(CEI 62321-1:2013) Teil 1: Einleitung und Übersicht
(IEC 62321-1:2013)





This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2013-06-21. 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
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Foreword
The text of document 111/295/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62321-1, prepared by IEC TC 111
"Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems" was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 62321-1:2013.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has (dop) 2014-03-21
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2016-06-21
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the

document have to be withdrawn

EN 62321-1:2013 is a partial replacement of EN 62321:2009, forming a structural revision and replacing
Clauses 1 to 4.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62321-1:2013 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:
IEC 60730-1:2010 NOTE  Harmonised as EN 60730-1:2011 (modified).

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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. 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 17025 - General requirements for the competence of EN ISO/IEC 17025 -
testing and calibration laboratories


ISO 78-2 1999 Chemistry - Layouts for standards - - -
Part 2: Methods of chemical analysis

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 6
3.1 Terms and definitions . 6
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
4 Test methods – Overview . 8
4.1 Field of application . 8
4.2 Sample . 9
4.3 Test methods – Flow chart . 9
4.4 Quality assurance and control . 12
4.5 Blank solution . 12
4.6 Adjustment to the matrix . 12
4.7 Limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantification (LOQ) . 12
4.8 Test report . 13
4.9 Alternative test methods . 13
Annex A (informative) Limit of detection (LOD) or method detection limit (MDL) –
Example of calculation . 14
Bibliography . 16

Figure 1 – Flow chart of the test methods . 10

Table 1 – Overview of typical screening and verification testing procedure elements –
Preparation . 11
Table 2 – Overview of typical screening and verification testing procedure elements –
Substance type . 12
Table A.1 – Experimental results . 14
Table A.2 – Students t-values (t-statistic) . 14
Table A.3 – Calculation results . 15

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES
IN ELECTROTECHNICAL PRODUCTS –

Part 1: Introduction and overview

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
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8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 62321-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 111:
Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems.
The first edition of IEC 62321:2008 was a 'stand-alone' standard that included an introduction,
an overview of test methods, a mechanical sample preparation as well as various test method
clauses.
This first edition of IEC 62321-1 is a partial replacement of IEC 62321, forming a structural
revision and replacing Clauses 1 to 4.
Future parts in the IEC 62321 series will gradually replace the corresponding clauses from
IEC 62321:2008. Until such time as all parts are published, however, IEC 62321:2008 remains
valid for those clauses not yet re-published as a separate part.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
111/295/FDIS 111/306/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts in the IEC 62321 series can be found on the IEC website under the general
title: Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data
related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

IMPORTANT – The 'colour inside' logo on the cover page of this publication indicates
that it contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct
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INTRODUCTION
The widespread use of electrotechnical products has drawn increased attention to their impact
on the environment. In many countries this has resulted in the adoption of regulations
affecting wastes, substances and energy use of electrotechnical products.
The use of certain substances (e.g. lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and polybrominated diphenyl
ethers (PBDEs)) in electrotechnical products, is a source of concern in current and proposed
regional legislation.
The purpose of the IEC 62321 series is therefore to provide test methods that will allow the
electrotechnical industry to determine the levels of certain substances of concern in
electrotechnical products on a consistent global basis.
The first edition of IEC 62321:2008 was a single 'stand-alone' standard that included an
introduction, an overview of test methods, a mechanical sample preparation as well as various
test method clauses.
The structure of the new multi-part IEC 62321 series comprises:
– Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products – Part 1: Introduction and
overview.
– Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products – Part 2: Disassembly,
disjointment and mechanical sample preparation.
The remaining parts specify screening and verification test methods for the determination of
certain substances, each part representing a given substance.
WARNING – Persons using this International Standard should be familiar with normal
laboratory practice. 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 to establish
appropriate safety and health practices and to ensure compliance with any national
regulatory conditions.

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DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES
IN ELECTROTECHNICAL PRODUCTS –

Part 1: Introduction and overview



1 Scope
This part of IEC 62321 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 is noted that the selection of the sample may affect the interpretation of the test results.
While this standard provides guidance on the disassembly procedure employed for obtaining
a sample, it does not determine or specify:
• the level of the disassembly procedure required for obtaining a sample;
• the definition of a “unit” or “homogenous material” as the sample;
• conformity assessment procedures.
NOTE Further guidance on assessment procedures may be found in IEC/TR 62476 [2].
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and
are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
ISO 78-2:1999, Chemistry – Layouts for standards – Part 2: Methods of chemical analysis
ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration
laboratories
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1.1
analyte
substance to be measured
3.1.2
electronics
material used in electrical or electronic equipment that is not metal or plastic (e.g. ceramic) or
not uniform in composition throughout and cannot be practically disassembled to individual
discrete materials
EXAMPLE Resistors, capacitors, diodes, integrated circuits, hybrids, application-specific integrated circuits,
wound components, relays and their materials.

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3.1.3
field replaceable unit
part, component or subassembly that is easily removed (mechanically disjointed) using
ordinary tools
Note 1 to entry: “Easily removed” means using ordinary tools to perform such functions as screwing or
disconnecting, and only without irreversibly destroying the unit.
[SOURCE: IEC Guide 114:2005, definition 3.7] [3]
3.1.4
matrix
substance or mixture and its form or state in which analyte is embedded or to which analyte is
attached
3.1.5
performance-based measurement system
set of processes wherein the data needs, mandates or limitations of a program or project are
specified, serving as criteria for selecting appropriate methods to meet those needs in a cost-
effective manner
Note 1 to entry: The criteria may be published in regulations, technical guidance documents, permits, work plans
or enforcement orders.
3.1.6
precision
closeness of agreement between independent test results obtained under stipulated
conditions
3.1.7
reference material
material, sufficiently homogeneous and stable
...