1、BSI Standards PublicationBS EN 16523-1:2015Determination of materialresistance to permeation bychemicalsPart 1: Permeation by liquid chemical underconditions of continuous contactBS EN 16523-1:2015 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 16523-1:2015. It
2、supersedes BS EN 374-3:2003 which is withdrawn.BSI, as a member of CEN, is obliged to publish EN 16523-1:2015 as aBritish Standard. However, attention is drawn to the fact that duringthe development of this European Standard, the UK committee votedagainst its approval as a European Standard.The foll
3、owing opinions regarding this standard and EN 16523-2 havebeen expressed by the UK committee: EN 16523-1 and EN 16523-2 were drafted with the intention ofhaving one test method that can be applied to gloves, footwear andclothing. However, as written, these standards do not align withclause 4.3, Perm
4、eation test, from the chemical-protective footwearstandard, EN 13832-1:2006. The dimensions outlined for the design of the permeation cells inclause 6.1 are unnecessarily restrictive. The inter-laboratory trialinadvertently showed that the size of the test cell does not have asignificant effect on t
5、he result while benefits can be gained by usingdifferent sized cells for closed loop and open loop testing, includingmaximized sensitivity and minimized uncertainty of measurement. The test methods described in EN 16523-1 and EN 16523-2 do notconsider cumulative permeation. It is increasingly recogn
6、ized thatbreakthrough time alone is a poor indicator of chemical protection,especially when considering the latest generation of barrier-laminatematerials. ISO 6529 is available for readers to refer to as analternative standard test method.Further commentary on EN 16523-1 and EN 16523-2 from UK Tech
7、nicalCommittee PH/3/3 can be found in National Annex NA of this document.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by TechnicalCommittee PH/3, Protective clothing, to Subcommittee PH/3/3, Chemical,Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear Personal Protective Equipment.A list of organizations r
8、epresented on this subcommittee can beobtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisionsof a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. The British Standards Institution 2015.Published by BSI Standards Limited 2015ISBN 978
9、 0 580 81251 4ICS 13.340.01Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of the StandardsPolicy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2015.Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate Text affectedBS EN
10、16523-1:2015EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 16523-1 February 2015 ICS 13.340.01 Supersedes EN 374-3:2003English Version Determination of material resistance to permeation by chemicals - Part 1: Permeation by liquid chemical under conditions of continuous contact Dtermination de
11、la rsistance des matriaux la permation par des produits chimiques - Partie 1 : Permation par un produit chimique liquide dans des conditions de contact continu Bestimmung des Widerstands von Materialien gegen die Permeation von Chemikalien - Teil 1: Permeation durch eine flssige Chemikalie unter Dau
12、erkontakt This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 December 2014. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliogra
13、phical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibil
14、ity of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic
15、of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISAT
16、ION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2015 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 16523-1:2015 EBS EN 16523-1:2015EN 16523-1:2015 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 4
17、 Introduction .5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references 6 3 Terms and definitions .6 4 Test principle 9 5 Collecting media 9 5.1 Gaseous collecting medium .9 5.2 Liquid collecting medium .9 5.3 Limitation due to collecting media.9 6 Apparatus 10 6.1 Permeation cells . 10 6.1.1 Standard permeation cell . 1
18、0 6.1.2 Alternative permeation cells 11 6.2 Temperature controlled room, cabinet or water bath . 12 6.3 Supply of gas for gaseous collecting medium (dry air or nitrogen) . 12 6.4 Liquid pump and stirrer (in case of a liquid collecting medium) . 12 6.5 Equipment for the quantitative determination of
19、the challenge chemical or its components in the collecting medium . 12 6.6 Time measuring device 12 7 Test specimens . 12 8 Procedure 13 8.1 Calibration . 13 8.2 Preparation of test specimens and apparatus . 13 8.3 Test procedure 13 8.4 Calculation of results . 15 8.4.1 Open loop system: Permeation
20、rate (PR) . 15 8.4.2 Closed loop system Permeation rate (PR) . 15 8.5 Expression of results . 16 8.6 Uncertainty of measurement . 16 9 Test report . 16 Annex A (informative) Types of permeation behaviour 18 Annex B (informative) Physical assessment of the samples. 20 B.1 General . 20 B.2 Visual appe
21、arance 20 B.3 Thickness 20 B.4 Mass . 20 B.5 Hardness 20 Annex C (informative) Examples of appropriate techniques for the detection of chemicals. 21 Annex D (informative) Examples of appropriate techniques to assess flow and stirring for permeation with liquid collecting medium . 22 BS EN 16523-1:20
22、15EN 16523-1:2015 (E) 3 D.1 For the open loop system . 22 D.2 For open and closed loop system . 22 D.3 For open and close loop system . 23 Annex E (informative) Example of permeation cell . 24 Annex F (informative) Results of the interlaboratory trials 26 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between
23、this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC on PPE 27 Bibliography 28 EN 16523-1:2015 (E)BS EN 16523-1:2015EN 16523-1:2015 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 4 Introduction .5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references 6 3 Terms and definitions .6 4 Test principle 9 5 Collecting
24、 media 9 5.1 Gaseous collecting medium .9 5.2 Liquid collecting medium .9 5.3 Limitation due to collecting media.9 6 Apparatus 10 6.1 Permeation cells . 10 6.1.1 Standard permeation cell . 10 6.1.2 Alternative permeation cells 11 6.2 Temperature controlled room, cabinet or water bath . 12 6.3 Supply
25、 of gas for gaseous collecting medium (dry air or nitrogen) . 12 6.4 Liquid pump and stirrer (in case of a liquid collecting medium) . 12 6.5 Equipment for the quantitative determination of the challenge chemical or its components in the collecting medium . 12 6.6 Time measuring device 12 7 Test spe
26、cimens . 12 8 Procedure 13 8.1 Calibration . 13 8.2 Preparation of test specimens and apparatus . 13 8.3 Test procedure 13 8.4 Calculation of results . 15 8.4.1 Open loop system: Permeation rate (PR) . 15 8.4.2 Closed loop system Permeation rate (PR) . 15 8.5 Expression of results . 16 8.6 Uncertain
27、ty of measurement . 16 9 Test report . 16 Annex A (informative) Types of permeation behaviour 18 Annex B (informative) Physical assessment of the samples. 20 B.1 General . 20 B.2 Visual appearance 20 B.3 Thickness 20 B.4 Mass . 20 B.5 Hardness 20 Annex C (informative) Examples of appropriate techniq
28、ues for the detection of chemicals. 21 Annex D (informative) Examples of appropriate techniques to assess flow and stirring for permeation with liquid collecting medium . 22 BS EN 16523-1:2015EN 16523-1:2015 (E) 3 D.1 For the open loop system . 22 D.2 For open and closed loop system . 22 D.3 For ope
29、n and close loop system . 23 Annex E (informative) Example of permeation cell . 24 Annex F (informative) Results of the interlaboratory trials 26 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC on PPE 27 Bibliography 28 BS
30、EN 16523-1:2015EN 16523-1:2015 (E)Bibliography .National Annex NA Further commentary from UK Technical Committee PH/3/3 .29BS EN 16523-1:2015EN 16523-1:2015 (E) 4 Foreword This document (EN 16523-1:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 162 “Protective clothing including hand and arm
31、protection and lifejackets”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2015 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the lates
32、t by August 2015. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 374-3:2003. In comparison with EN 374-3:
33、2003, the entire document has been revised. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s). For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which
34、is an integral part of this document. EN 16523, Determination of material resistance to permeation by chemicals, is composed with the following parts: Part 1: Permeation by liquid chemical under conditions of continuous contact the present document; Part 2: Permeation by gaseous chemical under condi
35、tions of continuous contact. NOTE CEN/TC 162 WG 13 has foreseen to work on other test methods in the future that will spread in several standard parts: Permeation by solid chemical under conditions of continuous contact; Permeation by chemical under conditions of intermittent contact; Permeation by
36、chemical of seams, joins, assemblages and closers; Permeation by chemical in a form of droplets; Guide on testing and interpretation. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Aust
37、ria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Swede
38、n, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 16523-1:2015EN 16523-1:2015 (E) 5 Introduction Users involved in the production, use, transportation, and emergency response with liquid chemicals can be exposed to numerous compounds capable of causing harm upon contact with the human body. The h
39、armful effects of these chemicals can range from acute trauma such as skin irritation and burn to chronic degenerative disease, such as cancer. Since engineering controls may not eliminate all possible exposures, attention is often placed on reducing the potential for direct skin contact through the
40、 use of personal protective equipment (PPE) that resists permeation, penetration and degradation. The test method described in this part of EN 16523 is intended to be used to evaluate the barrier effectiveness of materials used for protective clothing, gloves and footwear materials against permeatio
41、n by liquid chemicals. This method does not assess the chemical degradation or penetration of the material. Resistance to penetration by liquid chemicals can be determined by using for example ISO 6530 10 while resistance to penetration by liquid chemicals under pressure can be determined by using f
42、or example ISO 13994 11. Resistance to chemical degradation can be determined by EN 374-4 2 for gloves and EN 13832-1:2006, 4.2 3 for footwear. This method provides tests results in terms of breakthrough time. This parameter is a key measure of the effectiveness of a material to act as a barrier to
43、the challenge chemical. Such information is used in the comparison of the performances of PPE materials during the process of selecting PPE for protection from hazardous chemicals. Long breakthrough times are characteristic of high permeation resistance. Breakthrough time does not provide a correlat
44、ion between protection and the toxicity of the chemicals tested, only cumulative permeation can provide this information. It has been assumed in the drafting of this part of EN 16523 that the execution of its provisions will be entrusted to appropriately qualified and experienced people with a sound
45、 understanding of analytical chemistry. Appropriate precautions should be taken when carrying out this type of testing in order to avoid injury to health and contamination of the environment. A future part of EN 16523 will explain the use of the series of standards EN 16523. EN 16523-1:2015 (E)BS EN
46、 16523-1:2015EN 16523-1:2015 (E) 4 Foreword This document (EN 16523-1:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 162 “Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a nati
47、onal standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2015 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2015. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
48、rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 374-3:2003. In comparison with EN 374-3:2003, the entire document has been revised. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commiss
49、ion and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s). For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document. EN 16523, Determination of material resistance to permeation by chemicals, is composed with the following parts: Part 1: Permeation by liquid chemical under conditions of continuous contact the present document; Part 2: Permeation by gaseous chemical under conditions of continuous contact. NOTE CEN/TC 162 WG 13 has foreseen to work on
