Designation:D8142−17´1StandardTestMethodforDeterminingChemicalEmissionsfromSprayPolyurethaneFoam(SPF)InsulationusingMicro-ScaleEnvironmentalTestChambers1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD8142;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—EditoriallyaddedresearchreportinformationtoSection16andAppendixX1inFebruary2020.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodisusedtoidentifyandtomeasuretheemissionsofvolatileorganiccompounds(VOCs)emittedfromsamplesofcuredspraypolyurethanefoam(SPF)insulationusingmicro-scaleenvironmentaltestchamberscombinedwithspecificairsamplingandanalyticalmethodsforVOCs.1.2Specimenspreparedfromproductsamplesaremain-tainedatspecifiedconditionsoftemperature,humidity,airflowrate,andelapsedtimeinmicro-scalechambersthataredescribedinPracticeD7706.Airsamplesarecollectedperi-odicallyatthechamberexhaustattheflowrateofthemicro-scalechambers.1.2.1Samplesforformaldehydeandotherlow-molecularweightcarbonylcompoundsarecollectedontreatedsilicagelcartridgesandareanalyzedbyhighperformanceliquidchro-matography(HPLC)asdescribedinTestMethodD5197andISO16000-3.1.2.2SamplesforotherVOCsarecollectedonmulti-sorbentsamplersandareanalyzedbythermal-desorptiongaschromatography/massspectrometry(TD-GC/MS)asde-scribedinU.S.EPACompendiumMethodTO-17andISO16000-6.1.3ThistestmethodisintendedspecificallyforSPFinsu-lationproducts.Compatibleproducttypesincludetwocomponent,highpressureandtwo-component,lowpressureformulationsofopen-cellandclosed-cellSPFinsulation.1.4VOCsthatcanbesampledandanalyzedbythistestmethodgenerallyincludeorganicblowingagentssuchas1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane,formaldehydeandothercarbo-nylcompounds,residualsolvents,andsomeaminecatalysts.Emissionsofsomeorganicflameretardantscanbemeasuredafter24hwiththismethod,suchastris(chloroisopropyl)phosphate(TCPP).1.5Th...
