Designation:D6007−22StandardTestMethodforDeterminingFormaldehydeConcentrationsinAirfromWoodProductsUsingaSmall-ScaleChamber1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6007;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodmeasurestheformaldehydeconcentra-tionsinairemittedbywoodproducttestspecimensunderdefinedtestconditionsoftemperatureandrelativehumidity.Resultsobtainedfromthissmall-scalechambertestmethodareintendedtobecomparabletoresultsobtainedfromtestinglargerproductsamplesbythelargechambertestmethodforwoodproducts,TestMethodE1333.TheresultsmaybecorrelatedtovaluesobtainedfromTestMethodE1333.ThequantityofformaldehydeinanairsamplefromthesmallchamberisdeterminedbyamodificationofNIOSH3500chromotropicacidtestprocedure.AswithTestMethodE1333,otheranalyticalproceduresmaybeusedtodeterminethequantityofformaldehydeintheairsampleprovidedthatsuchmethodsgiveresultscomparabletothoseobtainedbyusingthechromotropicacidprocedure.However,thetestresultsandtestreportmustbeproperlyqualifiedandtheanalyticalprocedureemployedmustbeaccuratelydescribed.1.2Thewood-basedpanelproductstobetestedbythistestmethodarecharacteristicallyusedfordifferentapplicationsandaretestedatdifferentrelativeamountsorloadingratiostoreflectdifferentapplications.Thisisatestmethodthatspecifiestestingatvariousloadingratiosfordifferentproducttypes.However,thetestresultsandtestreportmustbeproperlyqualifiedandmustspecifythemake-upairflow,samplesurfacearea,andchambervolume.1.3Idealcandidatesforsmall-scalechambertestingareproductsrelativelyhomogeneousintheirformaldehydereleasecharacteristics.Still,productinhomogeneitiesmustbeconsid-eredwhenselectingandpreparingsamplesforsmall-scalechambertesting.1.4ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesafterSIunitsarep...
