BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 16362:2005 Ambient air- Determination of particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by high performance liquid chromatography ICS 13.040.01 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BSISO16362:2005 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim IS0 16362:2005 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee EH/2,Air quality,to SubcommitteeEH/2/3,Ambient atmospheres, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to theresponsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this documentmay befound inthe BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the"Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract.Users are responsibleforits correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity fromlegal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, pages ii to v, a blank page, pages 1 to 27 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the documentwaslastissued, Amendmentsissuedsincepublication This British Standard was published under the authority Amd. No. Date Comments of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 10 March 2005 @BSI10March 2005 ISBN0580455939 BS ISO 16362:2005 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16362 First edition 2005-02-15 AmbientairDeterminationof particle. phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by high performance liquid chromatography AirambiantDeterminationdesparticulesd'hydrocarbures aromatiquespolycycliquesparchromatographie liquidea haute performance Reference number ISO 16362:2005(E) O BS IS0 16362:2005 = BS IS0 16362:2005 Contents Page Foreword, iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Terms and definitions. 3 Symbols and abbreviated terms. 3.1 Symbols... 3.2 Abbreviatedterms. 4 Principle of the procedure. 5 Reagents, apparatus and materials.. 6 Measurementprocedure 6.1 Sampling .... 6.2 Samplepreparation. 6.3 HPLC analysis. 7 Establishmentofthecalibrationfunctionandverificationofthemeasurementvalues 7.1 Identification. 7.2 Instrument calibration ... 7.3 Determinationof responsefactors and quantification 7.4 Determination of the extraction efficiency...... 8 Calculation of the result. 6 Performance characteristics.... 9.1 Standarddeviationsoftheoverallmeasurementprocedure. 9.2 Detectionlimits 10 Interferences. 11 Qualityassurance 11 12 Test report.... Annex A (informative)General information.... AnnexB(informative)ExamplesofoperationparametersforHPLCanalysiswithFLDand DAD in series...... 14 AnnexC(informative)ExtractionefficienciesforsomePAHcompounds.. 17 AnnexD(informative)Results of duplicate measurements... AnnexE (informative)ComparisonmeasurementsandinvariancetestofthePAHprofiles.... AnnexF(informative)PhysicalconstantsofPAHs.. AnnexG(informative)ListofHPLCcolumns Bibliography ... ili BSIS016362:2005 Foreword (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through isO non-governmental, in liaison_with isO, also take part in the work. iso collaborates closely with the InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of technical committees is to prepare