ISO 13741-1 Standard Test for Plastics, Polymer Dispersions and Rubber Latexes

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of ISO 13741-1 standard. This part of ISO 13741 specifies a method for the determination of residual monomers and other (saturated) organic compounds in aqueous polymer dispersions and latexes as well as related products. It uses capillary column gas chromatography with direct injection of the liquid sample.

Residual monomers and saturated volatiles successfully determined by this method include acrylic and methacrylic esters, acrylonitrile, butadiene, styrene, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, as well as by-products such as acetaldehyde and ethylbenzene.

Because normally obtained chromatograms contain a series of peaks, it is only possible to determine the content of volatiles for which response factors are determined.

Ancillary methods such as mass spectroscopy or the use of a second GC column of different polarity are recommended to identify unknown peaks.

A test sample is diluted with water containing an internal standard and injected into the lining of a gas chromatograph with a capillary column, a flame ionization detector, and a linear temperature programming feature.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with ISO 13741-1 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.