VDI 2464 Blatt 3
Ambient air measurement - Indoor air measurement - Measurement of polybrominated diphenylether, hexabromocyclododecane and hexabromobenzene by GC/MS
At a glance
- German title
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Messen von Immissionen - Messen von Innenraumluft - Messen von polybromierten Diphenylethern, Hexabromcyclododecan und Hexabrombenzol mit GC/MS
- Publication date
- 2012-07
- Publisher
- Engl. VDI/DIN-Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft (KRdL) - Normenausschuss
- Author
- Technical Division Environmental Measurement Technologies
- Related manuals
- Number of pages
- 42
- Available in
- German, English
- Abstract
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Brominated flame retardants, especially polybrominated dipehnylether (PBDE) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) are widely used since decades to reduce the inflammability of many plastics and textiles. This additives are applied in vehicle and aircraft construction, in electrical devices, consumer products, building products, foam plastics, packing materials and furniture. Decoration tissue (curtains and draperies in theatre, cinema, ships), home textiles (floorings, bedclothes, draperies) as well as (protective) clothing are finished by flame retardants. The measurement method serves for determination of the concentration of polybrominated dipehnylether (PBDE), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and hexabromobenzene in ambient air and indoor air. Active sampling of filter passing compounds and particle bound compounds is performed by a system of filter and PU foams. Quantification is performed after gas chromatographic separation either by low resolution mass spectrometry (LRMS) or by high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) using 13C labelled internal standards in both cases.