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10/11/2011
CERTECH
Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Simplifying Chemical Emission Testing for Consumer Product Manufacturers
an Aid to Compliance and Product Innovation
Moritz Hebestreit, PhD
Applications Chemist
Agilent Technologies
Europe, Middle East, Africa and India
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
• Tube sampling of VOC emissions/profiles from materials
• Key example of ‘Green Chemistry’ legislation = REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemical Substances
• VOC emission testing now a mandatory part of CE-marking for CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
• International Green building codes driving US building regulations
MATERIALS EMISSIONS
Construction Product
Directive/Regulation
(CPD/CPR)
New US building
codes
Chinese ‘REACH’
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
New Standards in Indoor air monitoring
New EU Regulation – Challenge and Opportunities
• VOC emission testing will be a mandatory part of CE-marking for CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCTS
• Reference & screening methods for VOC emission testing use TD-GC/MS
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CERTECH
Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Material Emission Testing with TD GC/MS
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CERTECH
Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
New technologies essential to
meet higher productivity needs but…
• Requires time for startup
• Requires high investigation costs
• May generate questionable results
Agilent Application Kits:
Get on a fast track to higher productivity
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CERTECH
Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
No More Struggle for Developing Methods
Sample
ready
Agilent develops method
Order kit
Checkout Familiarization Refine
method Order
• Universal methods to startup application , meeting most testing needs!
• Application kits are flexible, can be adapted to customer needs
Method development Checkout Familiarization Order
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
TD GC/MS Solution with Materials Emissions Application Kit
Recommended Hardware with system configurator
• Single or automated tube TD
• GCMS
• DRS software with RTL Library of VOCs Relevant to Materials Emissions
• CFT e.g. for split detection or backflush (optional)
Application Kit comprising:
• Column, Analytical method, Check Standard, Materials Emissions library, TD Trap, Sorbent tubes
Optional sampling accessories:
• Microchamber for secondary/screening methods
Optional Installation includes:
• system setup with column and TD trap, analytical method setup, run check standard with library search
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Main Materials Emissions Application Kit selection: Thermal Desorption system
UNITY 2™ A universal platform for
single tube thermal
desorption
TD-100™ Automated TD system for
up to 100 RFID-tagged or
untagged tubes
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CERTECH
Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Patented thermal desorption
valve enabling
Quantitative re-collection of
every sample and
compatible with every TD
application World’s most efficient
electrically-cooled &
back-flushed focusing
trap
World #1 TD technology
TubeTAG™
Electronic (RFID) labels
for TD tubes
DiffLok™ caps for
trouble-free TD
automation
Unique Features inside Unity 2 and TD100
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
• Simpler/quicker emission screening for inhouse industrial applications: routine QC, R&D, etc.
• Surface-only or bulk emissions can be assessed
• 4 or 6 samples/hour
• Sorbent tubes or DNPH cartridges
Secondary emission screening methods Micro-Chamber/Thermal Extractor™(µ-CTE™)*
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Detector Splitting
Solvent Bypass
Heart Cutting (Deans Switch)
Column Change without Vent
Modulation (GCXGC)
Backflush
Further application kit option: Capillary Flow Technology
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Deconvolution Reporting Software From here
Chromatogram and following report from application note “Screening for 171 Volatile Organic Air Pollutants Using
GC/MS with Deconvolution Reporting Software and a New Indoor Air Toxics Library” 5989-5435
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Deconvolution Reporting Software to here within 2 - 3 min
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
DRS Report from 3 Integrated Processes
Total ion chromatogram
Combined quantitative and qualitative
HTML summary report
Quant Results
Targets are identified by
comparison to locked R.T.s
and 3 qualifier ion ratios,
then quantified using target
ion area vs ISTD cal table
Deconvoluted Target
spectra confirmed by
AMDIS, searched against
NIST08 MS database
Confirmed NIST08 hits
AMDIS deconvolutes
component spectra and
searches target MS database
using locked RT as a qualifier
Confirmed AMDIS hits
AMDIS Quant Result
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
What makes Agilent the preferred solution for
material emission testing?
Sampling Data
analysis
Thermal
desorption GC/MS
Cryogen-free
Universal: C2 to C40 +
reactive compounds
Repeat analysis World’s best /
most robust
GC/MS
DRS simplifies
data processing
100 tubes
TubeTAG: enhanced
QA of tubes
Complete system
support
Micro-
chamber
Tubes
Check standard
Materials
Emissions library
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Helpful Information
TD brochure 5990-6208EN
Materials Emissions application compendium 5990-7712EN
Application kit brochure – soon!
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Emissions and Odours
from Materials - 2011
Thank you for your attention!
Questions?