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Designation:D639910Standard Guide forSelecting Instruments and Methods for Measuring AirQuality in Aircraft Cabins1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6399;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 covers information and guidance for theselection of instrumentation and test methods for measuring airquality in aircraft passenger cabins as well as in areas limitedto flightcrew access.1.2 This guide assumes that a list of pollutants to bemeasured,or analytes of interest,which are present,or may bepresent,in aircraft cabins is available.1.3 This guide provides information and guidance to iden-tify levels of concern pertaining to public and occupationalexposures to relevant air pollutants.This guide does notaddress levels of concern,if any,related to degradation ofmaterials or aircraft components because of the presence of airpollutants.1.4 Based on levels of concern for public and occupationalexposures for each pollutant of interest,this guide providesrecommendations for developing three aspects of data qualityobjectives(a)detection limit;(b)precision;and(c)bias.1.5 This guide summarizes information on technologies formeasurement of different groups or classes of air pollutants toprovide a basis for selection of instruments and methods.Theguide also identifies information resources on types of avail-able measurement systems.1.6 This guide provides general recommendations for selec-tion of instruments and methods.These recommendations arebased on concepts associated with data quality objectivesdiscussed in this guide and the information on availableinstruments and methods summarized in this guide.1.7 This guide is specific to chemical contaminants and doesnot address bioaerosols,which may be present in the cabinenvironment.1.8 This guide does not provide details on use or operationof instruments or methods for the measurement of cabin airquality.1.9 This guide does not provide information on the designof a monitoring strategy,including issues such as frequency ofmeasurement or placement of samplers.1.10 Users of this guide should be familiar with,or haveaccess to,individuals who have a background in(a)use ofinstruments and methods for measurement of air pollutants and(b)principles of toxicology and health-effects of environmentalexposure to air pollutants.1.11 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.1.12 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 ofAtmospheresD1914 Practice for Conversion Units and Factors Relating toSampling and Analysis of AtmospheresD3162 Test Method for Carbon Monoxide in the Atmo-sphere(Continuous Measurement by Nondispersive Infra-red Spectrometry)D3631 Test Methods for Measuring Surface AtmosphericPressureD4023 Terminology Relating to Humidity Measurements(Withdrawn 2002)3D4490 Practice for Measuring the Concentration of ToxicGases or Vapors Using Detector TubesD4861 Practice for Sampling and Selection of AnalyticalTechniques for Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenylsin Air1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D22 on AirQualityand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D22.05 on Indoor Air.Current edition approved April 1,2010.Published May 2010.Originallyapproved in 1999.Last previous edition approved in 2004 as D6399-04.DOI:10.1520/D6399-10.2For 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.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 D5149 Test Method for Ozone in the Atmosphere:Continu-ous Measurement by Ethylene ChemiluminescenceD5156 Test Methods for Continuous Measurement of Ozonein Ambient,Workplace,and Indoor Atmospheres(Ultra-violet Absorption)D5197 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)D6196 Practice for Selection of Sorbents,Sampling,andThermal Desorption Analysis Procedures for Volatile Or-ganic Compounds in AirD6245 Guide for Using Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentr