ASTM_D_7911_-_14.pdf

Designation:D791114Standard Guide forUsing Reference Material to Characterize Measurement BiasAssociated with Volatile Organic Compound EmissionChamber Test1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D7911;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide provides procedures for using a referencematerial with a known emission rate of a volatile organiccompound(VOC)to estimate the bias associated with a VOCemission chamber test.1.2 This guide may be used to assess measurements of VOCemissions conducted in a variety of environmental chambers,such as small-scale chambers,full-scale chambers,emissioncells,and micro-scale chambers.1.3 This guide may be used to assess measurements of VOCemissions from a variety of sources including“dry”materials(for example,carpet,floor tile and particleboard)and“wet”materials(for example,paint and cleaning products).1.4 This guide can be used to support quality control effortsby emissions testing laboratories,third party accreditation oftesting laboratories participating in emissions testing programs,and quality control efforts by manufacturers of building andother materials.1.5 This guide may be used to support the determination ofprecision and bias of other commonly used VOC emissionstandards including Guide D5116,Test Method D6007,ISO16000-9,ANSI/BIFMA M7.1,and CDPH/EHLB/StandardMethod V1.1.1.6 This guide also describes the attributes of a suitableemission reference material and the different methods availableto independently determine the reference materials VOCemission rate.1.7 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D1356 Terminology Relating to Sampling and Analysis ofAtmospheresD5116 Guide for Small-Scale Environmental Chamber De-terminations of Organic Emissions from Indoor Materials/ProductsD5197 Test Method for Determination of Formaldehyde andOther Carbonyl Compounds inAir(Active Sampler Meth-odology)D5466 Test Method for Determination of Volatile OrganicChemicals in Atmospheres(Canister Sampling Methodol-ogy)D6007 Test Method for Determining Formaldehyde Concen-trations in Air from Wood Products Using a Small-ScaleChamberD6196 Practice for Selection of Sorbents,Sampling,andThermal Desorption Analysis Procedures for Volatile Or-ganic Compounds in AirD6299 Practice for Applying Statistical Quality Assuranceand Control Charting Techniques to Evaluate AnalyticalMeasurement System PerformanceD6330 Practice for Determination of Volatile Organic Com-pounds(Excluding Formaldehyde)Emissions from Wood-Based Panels Using Small Environmental Chambers Un-der Defined Test ConditionsD6617 Practice for Laboratory Bias Detection Using SingleTest Result from Standard MaterialD6670 Practice for Full-Scale Chamber Determination ofVolatile Organic Emissions from Indoor Materials/ProductsD6803 Practice for Testing and Sampling of Volatile OrganicCompounds(Including Carbonyl Compounds)Emitted1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D22 on Air Qualityand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D22.05 on Indoor Air.Current edition approved Sept.1,2014.Published September 2014.DOI:10.1520/D7911-14.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 from Paint Using Small Environmental ChambersD7143 Practice for Emission Cells for the Determination ofVolatile Organic Emissions from Indoor Materials/ProductsD7339 Test Method for Determination of Volatile OrganicCompounds Emitted from Carpet using a Specific SorbentTube and Thermal Desorption/Gas ChromatographyD7440 Practice for Characterizing Uncertainty in Air Qual-ity MeasurementsD7706 Practice for Rapid Screening of VOC Emissionsfrom Products Using Micro-Scale ChambersE691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study toDetermine the Precision of a Test MethodE741 Test Method for Determining Air Change in a SingleZone by Means of a Tracer Gas DilutionE1333 Test Method for Determining Formaldehyde Concen-trations in Air and Emission Rates from Wood ProductsUsing a Large Chamber2.2 ISO Standards:3ISO 12219-3 Interior Air of Road VehiclesPart 3:Screen-ing Method for the