ONR CEN/TS 16637-1

(1) This Technical Specification allows the identification of the appropriate leaching test method for the determination of the release of Regulated Dangerous Substances from construction products into soil, surface water and groundwater. This document provides a stepwise procedure for the determination of appropriate release tests, including: a) guidance for the identification of construction products potentially emitting Regulated Dangerous Substances; b) determination of test method based on general product properties; c) choice of test methods using specific product properties. (2) Furthermore, this Technical Specification gives general guidance for CEN Technical Product Committees on basic aspects (sampling, sample preparation and storage, eluate treatment, analysis of eluates and documentation) to be specified in the relevant product standards. (3) Metallic products, coatings on metallic products and organic coatings (for metals) are not considered in the determination scheme of this Technical Specification since the test method in FprCEN/TS 16637-2 is not appropriate for the testing of these construction products due to a different release mechanism (solubility control). (4) It is assumed that intermittent contact with water (e.g. exposure to rain water) is tested - by convention - as permanent contact. For some coatings, (e.g. some renders with organic binders according to EN 15824) in intermittent contact to water, physical and chemical properties might be altered in permanent contact with water. These products are not considered in the determination scheme of this Technical Specification since the test method in FprCEN/TS 16637-2 is not appropriate for the testing of these construction products.