Designation:E1828–01AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardPracticeforEvaluatingthePerformanceCharacteristicsofQualitativeChemicalSpotTestKitsforLeadinPaint1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1828;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticedescribesanevaluationprocedureforthedeterminationofperformancecharacteristicsofqualitativechemicalspottestkitsforlead,asappliedtodrypaintfilms,foragivendrypaintfilmmatrixonagivensubstrate.1.2Thispracticemaybeusedtodeterminetheperformancecharacteristicsofagivenleadspottestkitforagivensyntheticorfielddrypaintfilmmatrix,independentofsubstrateeffects.1.3Toallowforcomparisonsofdifferentspottestkitsonanidenticalmatrix,thispracticecoversthedeterminationoftestkitperformancecharacteristicsonasyntheticallypreparedstandardwhitelead-containingpaintfilm.Theingredientsforthepreparationofastandardsyntheticleadedpaintfilmbasedonbasicleadcarbonatearedescribed.1.4Thispracticeisnotintendedfortheevaluationofperformanceparametersofchemicalspottestkitsonalltypesofpaintorpaintconditionsthatmaybeencounteredduringfielduse(asdescribedinE1753).Rather,thispracticead-dressestheevaluationoftheresponseofachemicalspottestkitforleadasafunctionofleadconcentrationforalimitedsetofpaintfilms.Evaluatingtheperformanceofachemicalspottestkitforagivenapplicationrequirestestsonarepresentativesampleofpaintsandsubstratesfoundatthelocation(s)tobetested.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D81SpecificationforBasicCarbonateWhiteLeadPig-ment2D823PracticesforProducingFilmsofUniformThicknessofPaint,Varn...
