Foreword

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ISO 16000‑5 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 146, Air quality, Subcommittee SC 6, Indoor air and by Technical Committee CEN/TC 264, Air quality in collaboration.

ISO 16000 consists of the following parts, under the general title Indoor air:

- Part 1: General aspects of sampling strategy
- Part 2: Sampling strategy for formaldehyde
- Part 3: Determination of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds - Active sampling method
- Part 4: Determination of formaldehyde - Diffusive sampling method
- Part 5: Sampling strategy for volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
- Part 6: Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on Tenax TA ^® sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS/FID
- Part 7: Sampling strategy for determination of airborne asbestos fibre concentrations
- Part 8: Determination of local mean ages of air in buildings for characterizing ventilation conditions
- Part 9: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds from building products and furnishing - Emission test chamber method
- Part 10: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds from building products and furnishing - Emission test cell method
- Part 11: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds from building products and furnishing - Sampling, storage of samples and preparation of test specimens
- Part 12: Sampling strategy for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- Part 13: Determination of total (gas and particle-phase) polychlorinated dioxin-like biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans - Collection on sorbent-backed filters
- Part 15: Sampling strategy for nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)
- Part 16: Detection and enumeration of moulds - Sampling by filtration
- Part 17: Detection and enumeration of moulds - Culture-based method

The following parts are under preparation:

- Part 14: Determination of total (gas and particle-phase) polychlorinated dioxin-like biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans - Extraction, clean-up and analysis by high-resolution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
- Part 18: Detection and enumeration of moulds - Sampling of moulds by impaction

Furthermore, ISO 16017‑1 and ISO 16017‑2 deal with VOC measurements.

BS EN ISO 16000-5:2007

Indoor air - Sampling strategy for volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Current

Published:

30 Mar 2007