EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of EN ISO 12460-3 testing. This standard specifies a procedure for the determination of accelerated formaldehyde release from uncoated and coated wood-based panels using the gas analysis method.
The procedure is also suitable for testing other materials (eg edgebanding, floor coverings, foams, foils, laminated wood products, veneered wood products, veneered wood products).
A test piece of known surface area is placed in a closed chamber where temperature, humidity, airflow and pressure are controlled according to defined values. The formaldehyde released from the test pieces mixes with the air in the room. This air is constantly drawn from the chamber and passes through gas scrubbing bottles containing water, which absorb the released formaldehyde.
At the end of the test, the formaldehyde concentration is determined photometrically or fluorimetrically. Formaldehyde release is calculated from this concentration, sampling time and exposed area of test pieces and is expressed in milligrams per square meter and hour (mg/m2h).
Formaldehyde released from the test pieces of wood-based panels placed in the room where the environmental conditions are controlled mixes into the air. This air is constantly drawn in and passes through gas scrubbing bottles containing water that absorb formaldehyde. From this, the formaldehyde concentration is determined photometrically or fluorimetrically.
EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EN ISO 12460-3 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.
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