ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 10580 First edition 2010-05-15 Resilient, textile and laminate floor coverings Test method for volatile organic compound (voC) emissions Revetements de sol resilients, textiles ou stratifiés Methode d'essai des émissions de composés organiques volatils (Cov) Reference number ISO 10580:2010(E) @ ISO 2010 py IHS under lic ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 10580:2010(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2010 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, 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 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ Iso 2010 - All rights reserved I without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO10580:2010(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction .vi 1 Scope 2 Normative references.. 3 Terms and definitions 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms ... 5 Apparatus.. 6 Samplingtheproductand transportand storageof sample.... 6.1 Sampling.... 6.2 Sample packaging and transport.. 6.3 Sample description ..... 6.4 Storage of the sample prior to starting the testing.... 7 Preparation of test specimens .. 7.1 Specimens from rolls ... 7.2 Samples of rigid products such as tiles and planks . 8 Emission test chamber system... 8.1 8.2 Emission test chamber description... 8.3 Air supply and mixing facilities .... 8.4 Airtightness....... 8.5 Air sampling manifold... 8.6 Recovery and sink effects ... 9 Test conditions ... 9.1 Temperature and relative air humidity ... 9.2 .8 9.3 Supply-air quality and background concentration ... 9.4 Air velocity .... 9.5 Loading factor and air change rate .... .9 9.6 Air change rate in the emission test chamber .. 9 9.7 Emission test chamber airtightness... 9.8 Efficiency of the internal emission-test-chamber air mixing. .9 10 Preparation of emission test chamber ... 10 11 Test procedure... 10 11.1 Test conditions in the emission test chamber ..... 10 11.2 Background concentrations.... .10 11.3 Test specimen location in the emission test chamber.. 10 11.4 Time for measurements of test-chamber air concentration 10 11.5 Air sampling ....... 12 Analysis of the air samples ... 12 12.1 Analysis of voc.... .12 12.2 Analysis of formaldehyde and carbonyl compounds..... 12 13 Calculation of vapour concentrations and area-specific emission rates.. 12 14 Performance characteristics .... .12 15 Test report.. 13 Copyrght International Organization for Standardizalon ghts reserved ili Not for Resale