Designation:D6330−20StandardPracticeforDeterminationofVolatileOrganicCompounds(ExcludingFormaldehyde)EmissionsfromWood-BasedPanelsUsingSmallEnvironmentalChambersUnderDefinedTestConditions1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6330;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thepracticemeasuresthevolatileorganiccompounds(VOC),excludingformaldehyde,emittedfrommanufacturedwood-basedpanels.Apre-screeninganalysisisusedtoidentifytheVOCsemittedfromthepanel.Emissionfactors(thatis,emissionratesperunitsurfacearea)fortheVOCsofinterestarethendeterminedbymeasuringtheconcentrationsinasmallenvironmentaltestchambercontainingaspecimen.Thetestchamberisventilatedataconstantairchangerateunderthestandardenvironmentalconditions.Forformaldehydedetermination,seeTestMethodD6007.1.2ThispracticedescribesatestmethodthatisspecifictothemeasurementofVOCemissionsfromnewlymanufacturedindividualwood-basedpanels,suchasparticleboard,plywood,andorientedstrandboard(OSB),forthepurposeofcomparingtheemissioncharacteristicsofdifferentproductsunderthestandardtestcondition.Forgeneralguidanceonconductingsmallenvironmentalchambertests,seeGuideD5116.1.3VOCconcentrationsintheenvironmentaltestchamberaredeterminedbyadsorptiononanappropriatesingleadsor-benttubeormulti-adsorbenttube,followedbythermaldesorp-tionandcombinedgaschromatograph/massspectrometry(GC-MS)orgaschromatograph/flameionizationdetection(GC-FID).TheairsamplingprocedureandtheanalyticalmethodrecommendedinthispracticearegenerallyvalidfortheidentificationandquantificationofVOCswithsaturationvaporpressurebetween500and0.01kPaat25°C,dependingontheselectionofadsorbent(s).NOTE1—VOCsbeingcapturedbyanadsorbenttubedependontheadsorbent(s)andsamplingprocedureselected(seePracticeD6196).Theusershouldhaveathoroughunderstandingofthelimit...
