BSISO12219-3:2012 BSl Standards Publication Interior air of road vehicles Part 3: Screening method for the determinationoftheemissionsofvolatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts and materials Micro-scale chamber method bsi. ..making excellence a habit' BSISO12219-3:2012 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword ThisBritishStandardistheUKimplementationofiSO12219-3:2012 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeEH/2/3,Ambientatmospheres. A list of organizationsrepresentedon this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @The British Standards Institution 2012.Published by BSI Standards Limited 2012 ISBN9780580721786 ICS13.040.20; 43.020 Compliance witha British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policyand Strategy Committee on 30 June 2012. Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected BSISO12219-3:2012 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 12219-3 First edition 2012-06-15 Interiorairofroadvehicles Part 3: Screening method for the determination of the emissions of volatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts and materialsMicro-scalechambermethod Air interieur des vehicules routiers - Partie 3: Methode de criblage pour la determination des émissions de composes organiques volatils des parties et materiaux interieurs des vehiculesMethode de la micro-chambre Reference number ISO 12219-3:2012(E) So @ISO2012 BSISO12219-3:2012 ISO12219-3:2012(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ ISO 2012 All rights reserved BSISO12219-3:2012 ISO12219-3:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv Introduction 1 Scope. 2 Normative references. 3 Terms and definitions. 2 4 Principle. 5 Apparatus. 2 6 Test conditions. 3 6.1 Temperature. 6.2 Air or gas flow rate through the micro-scale chamber 6.3 Quality of supplied airorgas and background concentration of organic vapours 6.4 Control measures. 7 Test specimens . 7.1 General. 7.2 Preparation of the test specimen 5 8 Cleaningmicro-scalechambercomponents. 5 9 Test method 5 9.1 Sampling media 5 9.2 Measuringbackground concentrations. 6 9.3 Vapour sampling.. 6 9.4 Sealingthevapoursamplingdevices aftergas sample collection 6 9.5 Analysis of vapour sampling devices... 9.6 Storageofthetestspecimenbetweenemissionstests (ifrequired) 6 9.7 Cleaning the micro-scale chamber after use.. 6 10 Calculationofvapourconcentrations andspecificemissionrates. 11 Test report 12 Qualityassurance/qualitycontrol. .9 Annex A (informative) Micro-scale chamber principles . ...10 AnnexB(informative)Micro-scalechamber—Example1 .12 AnnexC(informative)Micro-scalechamber—Example2 .14 AnnexD(informative)Micro-scalechamber—Example3. ..16 AnnexE(informative)AssessmentofVOCrecoveries. .18 AnnexF(informative)Calculationof specific emissionratesfrommicro-scalechamber airconcentration. ..19 Bibliography. .21 @ IsO 2012-All rights reserved ili BSISO12219-3:2012 ISO 12219-3:2012(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation ofnational standards bodies technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)on all matters of electrotechnical standar