BS EN 13999-1:2013

What is BS EN 13999-1 - Adhesives about?   

BS EN 13999-1 is the first part of the multi series standard that describes a conventional standard method for assessing potential emissions from adhesives after their application. 

BS EN 13999-1 applies only to “solvent-free” and “low-solvent” adhesives as they are defined in EN 923:2005+A1:2008. The adhesives shall be applicable at room temperature. 

Who is BS EN 13999-1 - Adhesives for?  

BS EN 13999-1 on Adhesives is useful for:  

• Manufacturers of furniture  
• Sculptors of timber structures  
• Carpenter   
• Constructors of wooden houses  
• Civil engineers  

Why should you use BS EN 13999-1 - Adhesives?   

Solvent-free and low-solvent adhesives may release considerable long-term emissions of volatile chemical compounds. Any documentation of emission characteristics requires a test method that includes all relevant and potentially hazardous substances. 

BS EN 13999-1 provides methods and procedures for measuring the emission properties of low solvent or solvent free adhesives after its application. 

BS EN 13999-1 provides methods that are essential for ensuring that testing is reliable and reproducible, that results are gained within a short period, and that carcinogenic or sensitizing volatile substances are significantly absent. 

Using BS EN 13999-1 you can get help in determining the emission properties. By using BS EN 13999-1 you can manufacture better quality solvent free adhesives.   

What’s changed since the last update?   

BS EN 13999-1:2013 supersedes BS EN 13999-1:2006. BS EN 13999-1:2013 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 3023:2006. These include:  

• In general, the text is adapted to the new CLP Regulation No 1272/2008 [11]. 
• In 6.3, a new Note 2 is added, emphasizing the need that materials be tested under same conditions using the spreading techniques and the coat weights specific for each application. 
• In 7.5, the sampling time is changed (the sampling time at 24 h is eliminated, a sampling time at 72 h is added), and a note is added concerning the possibility of other sampling times, e.g. after 28 days. 
• “Specific cumulative emission” (previous 8.3.3) is eliminated. The examples from Note to Annex A are eliminated.