BS ISO 18560-1:2014 BS Standards Publication Fine ceramics (advanced ceramics, advanced technical ceramics) Test method for air-purification performance of semiconducting photocatalytic materials by test chamber method under indoor lighting environment Part 1: Removal of formaldehyde bsi. ..making excellence a habit. BSISO18560-1:2014 BRITISHSTANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation ofISO 18560-1:2014. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee RPl/13, Advanced technical ceramics. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @ The British Standards Institution 2014. Published by BSI Standards Limited 2014 ISBN9780580764899 ICS 81.060.30 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November2014. Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected BS ISO 18560-1:2014 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 18560-1 First edition 2014-11-15 Fine ceramics (advanced ceramics, advanced technical ceramics) Test method for air-purification performance of semiconducting photocatalytic materials by test chamber method under indoor lighting environment - Part 1: Removal of formaldehyde Ceramiques techniques-Methode d'essaipour mesurer les performancesdesmateriauxphotocatalytiques semiconducteurs pour purifier I'air selon la methode dela chambre d'essaidans un environnement d'éclairage interieur- Partie1:Eliminationduformaldéhyde Reference number ISO 18560-1:2014(E) ISo @ IS0 2014 BSISO18560-1:2014 IS0 18560-1:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ISo2014-Allrights reserved BSISO18560-1:2014 IS0 18560-1:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv 1 Scope. 2 Normative references. ..1 2 3 Terms and definitions. ..3 4 Symbols. 5 Principle. .4 6 Apparatus. .4 6.1 General. ..4 6.2 Testchamber .5 6.3 Sealingmaterialfortestspecimens 6.4 Air purifier. .5 6.5 Supply air spiked with formaldehyde .6 6.6 Temperature and humidity controls. 6 6.7 Air flow meter. 6 6.8 Light source and UV sharp cut-off filter .6 .6 6.9 Air sampling devices.. 6.10 Device to circulate air and control of air velocity .6 6.11 .7 Analyticalinstrument 7 Test conditions .7 7.1 General. 7.2 Test conditions of removal performance .7 7.3 Factorsaffectingtheremovalperformance (optional) .8 8 Verification oftest conditions. .9 8.1 Monitoringoftest conditions .9 8.2 Air-tightness oftestchamber 9 8.3 Air change rate in test chamber 9 8.4 Efficiency ofthe internal testchamber air mixing 9 8.5 Recovery .9 ..9 9 Preparationoftestchamber ..10 10 Test specimen. 10.1 Preparation of test specimen ..10 10.2 Preparation for thetest .10 11 Test methods. .10 11.1 Background concentration and supply air spiked with formaldehyde .10 11.2 Placing the test specimen in the test chamber. .10 11.3 Test under dark condition. .10 11.4 Test for removal performance .11 11.5 Factorsaffectingtheremovalperformance. .11 11.6 Air sampling. ..11 12 Determination offormaldehyde ..11 13 Calculation and expression of results ..11 14 ..12 Testreport AnnexA (informative)Exampleofatestchamber. ..14 Bibliography .17 @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved iii BSISO18560-1:2014 IS0 18560-1:2014(E) Foreword Iso (theInternational Organization for Standardization)is a worldwidefederation ofnational standards bo