VDI 4301 Blatt 6-2012
Measurement of indoor air pollution - Measurement of phthalates with GC/MS

Standard No.
VDI 4301 Blatt 6-2012
Release Date
2012
Published By
Association of German Mechanical Engineers
Latest
VDI 4301 Blatt 6-2012
Replace
VDI 4301 Blatt 6-2010
Scope
The considerable extension of phthalates and the meanwhile well-known health effects of DEHP, DBP and BBP (reproduction toxicity, developmental toxicity, endocrine effects) required the elaboration of a standardized analytical procedure for the different phthalates (dimethyl phthalate to DEHP) that can be found in indoor air. The guideline is dealing with sampling and analysis of diesters of phthalic acid in indoor air, in house dust and in solvent swipe samples by means of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. In the field of indoor air the two principal sampling methods, adsorption with thermal desorption tubes filled with e.g. Tenax or glass wool and subsequent thermal desorption and adsorption with adsorbents like Florisil and subsequent solvent extraction, are described. The procedure described in the guideline is suitable for the measurement of dimethyl phthalate to di-n-octyl phthalate in indoor air for sampling durations of 2 hours to 24 hours, depending on the method. With this procedure concentrations of e.g. 100 ng/m3 for di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate resp. 10 ng/m3 for dimethyl phthalate can be recorded, in consideration of the blank value of the method. With respect to house dust, depending on the sampling technique, the compounds dimethyl phthalate to di-iso-undecyl phthalate can be analyzed. Relating to samples from vacuum cleaner bags losses of highly volatile phthalates as dimethyl phthalate have to be taken into account. With regard to solvent swipe samples dimethyl phthalate to di-iso-undecyl phthalate can be analyzed.

VDI 4301 Blatt 6-2012 Referenced Document

  • DIN EN ISO 16000-1:2006 Indoor air - Part 1: General aspects of sampling strategy (ISO 16000-1:2004); English version EN ISO 16000-1:2006-06
  • DIN EN ISO 16000-5:2007 Indoor air - Part 5: Sampling strategy for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (ISO 16000-5:2007)English version of DIN EN ISO 16000-5:2007-05
  • DIN EN ISO 16017-1:2001 Indoor, ambiant and workplace air - Sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary gas chromatography - Part 1: Pumped sampling (ISO 16017-1:2000); German version EN ISO 16017-1:2000
  • DIN EN ISO 18856:2005 Water quality - Determination of selected phthalates using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (ISO 18856:2004); English version of DIN EN ISO 18856:2006
  • DIN ISO 12884:2000 Ambient air - Determination of total (gas and particle phase) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - Collection on sorbent-backed filters with gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis (ISO 12884:2000)
  • DIN ISO 16362:2006 Ambient air - Determination of particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by high performance liquid chromatography (ISO 16362:2005);English version of DIN ISO 16362:2006-01
  • VDI 1000-2010 VDI Guideline Work - Principles and procedures
  • VDI 2100 Blatt 1-2008 Gaseous ambient air pollution measurement - Indoor air pollution measurement - Gas chromatographic determination of organic compounds - Fundamentals
  • VDI 2100 Blatt 2-2010 Determination of gaseous compounds in ambient air - Determination of indoor air pollutants - Gas chromatographic determination of organic compounds - Active sampling by accumulation on activated charcoal - Solvent extraction

VDI 4301 Blatt 6-2012 history

Measurement of indoor air pollution - Measurement of phthalates with GC/MS


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