| Title: | Robustness validation of a test procedure for the determination of the radon-222 exhalation rate from construction products in VOC emission test chambers |
| Author(s): | Hofmann M; Richter M; Jann O; |
| Address: | "Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und -prufung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203, Berlin, Germany; Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, Bruckenstrasse 6, 10179, Berlin, Germany. Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und -prufung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: matthias.richter@bam.de. Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und -prufung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203, Berlin, Germany" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109372 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1872-9800 (Electronic) 0969-8043 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This study investigated the adaptation of the state-of-the-art test procedure for the determination of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from materials into indoor air to test for the radon exhalation from stony construction products. A complete robustness validation including all relevant parameters showed that the procedure can be well applied by testing institutes already holding available the required VOC testing infrastructure that solely needs to be complemented by calibrated commercial radon measurement instrumentation. When measurements of the radon exhalation from construction materials become mandatory by law, test capacity can easily be applied. This work can serve as a recommendation for the European standardisation that still is on hold in this point" |
| Keywords: | Construction products Emission test chamber Radon exhalation Robustness validation Standardisation; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEHofmann, Michael Richter, Matthias Jann, Oliver eng England 2020/08/26 Appl Radiat Isot. 2020 Dec; 166:109372. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109372. Epub 2020 Aug 14" |
