1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI Standards PublicationBS EN 71-4:2013Safety of toysPart 4: Experimental sets for chemistry andrelated activitiesBS EN 71-4:2013 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewordThis British Standard is the UK impleme
2、ntation of EN 71-4:2013. Itsupersedes BS EN 71-4:2009 which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to TechnicalCommittee CW/15, Safety of toys.A list of organizations represented on this committee can beobtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purpor
3、t to include all the necessaryprovisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correctapplication. The British Standards Institution 2013. Published by BSI StandardsLimited 2013ISBN 978 0 580 75300 8ICS 71.040.99; 97.200.50Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal ob
4、ligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of theStandards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 April 2013.Amendments issued since publicationDate Text affectedBS EN 71-4:2013EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 71-4 February 2013 ICS 97.200.50 Supersedes EN 71-
5、4:2009English Version Safety of toys - Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities Scurit des jouets - Partie 4: Coffrets dexpriences chimiques et dactivits connexes Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 4: Experimentierksten fr chemische und hnliche Versuche This European Standard was
6、approved by CEN on 5 January 2013. 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 bibliographical references concerning such nati
7、onal 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 responsibility of a CEN member into its own langu
8、age 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 of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece,
9、 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 NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Man
10、agement Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2013 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 71-4:2013: EBS EN 71-4:2013EN 71-4:2013 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword . 3 Introduction 5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references . 6 3 T
11、erms and definitions 7 4 Chemical substances in experimental sets 8 4.1 Chemistry sets . 8 4.2 Crystal growing sets 14 4.3 Carbon dioxide generating experimental sets 16 5 Equipment 17 5.1 General requirements 17 5.2 Containers and glassware . 18 5.2.1 Test tubes . 18 5.2.2 Other glassware . 18 5.2.
12、3 Containers for reagents, substances and mixtures . 18 5.2.4 Packaging and closures 18 5.2.5 Empty containers . 20 5.2.6 Test method for borosilicate glass 20 5.3 Equipment for the transfer of liquid 21 5.4 Test tube stand and test tube holder (see 5.1) 21 5.5 Eye protection (see 5.1) . 21 6 Markin
13、g . 21 6.1 General requirements 21 6.2 Marking of individual containers, packaging and glassware . 22 6.3 Marking of the primary packaging . 22 7 Contents list with warnings and first aid information (see 5.1) . 23 8 Instructions for use (see 5.1) . 23 8.1 General instructions 23 8.2 Advice for supe
14、rvising adults 24 8.3 Safety rules. 25 8.3.1 Chemistry sets . 25 8.3.2 Crystal growing sets 25 8.3.3 Carbon dioxide generating experimental sets 26 Annex A (normative) Test methods for closures of reagent containers. 28 Annex B (informative) Rationale . 29 Annex C (informative) Environmental conside
15、rations . 30 Annex D (informative) Significant technical changes between this European Standard and the previous version 31 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2009/48/EC 32 Bibliography 33 BS EN 71-4:2013EN 71-4:2013 (E)
16、3 Foreword This document (EN 71-4:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 52 “Safety of toys”, the secretariat of which is held by DS. 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
17、 August 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2013. 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 pat
18、ent rights. This document supersedes EN 71-4:2009. 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,
19、 which is an integral part of this document. The significant changes from the previous edition of this standard are detailed in Annex D. This standard is part 4 of a series of standards for the safety of toys. This part 4 of the EN 71 series is intended to be read in conjunction with EN 71, part 1.
20、EN 71, Safety of toys, consists of the following parts: Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties Part 2: Flammability Part 3: Migration of certain elements Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities (the present document) Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental set
21、s Part 7: Finger paints Requirements and test methods Part 8: Activity toys for domestic use Part 9: Organic chemical compounds Requirements Part 10: Organic chemical compounds Sample preparation and extraction Part 11: Organic chemical compounds Methods of analysis Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nit
22、rosatable substances Part 13: Olfactory board games, gustative board games, cosmetic kits and gustative kits Part 14: Trampolines for domestic use BS EN 71-4:2013EN 71-4:2013 (E) 4 In addition to the above parts of EN 71, the following guidance documents have been published: CR 14379:2002, Classific
23、ation of toys Guidelines, CEN/TR 15071:2005, Safety of toys National translations of warnings and instructions for use in EN 71 CEN/TR 15371:2013, Safety of toys Replies to requests for interpretation of EN 71-1, EN 71-2, and EN 71-8. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national s
24、tandards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania
25、, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 71-4:2013EN 71-4:2013 (E) 5 Introduction This European Standard, EN 71-4, is intended to reduce the risks and health hazards to a child when exper
26、imental sets involving chemical experiments are used as intended or in a foreseeable way, bearing in mind the behaviour of children. During use of these experimental sets, the hazards should be kept to a minimum by the provision of appropriate information to make the experiments safe and controllabl
27、e. Therefore, this European Standard specifies warning phrases and instructions for use for experimental sets. As a general rule, experimental sets are designed and manufactured for particular ages of children. Their characteristics are related to the age and stage of development of the children, an
28、d their use presupposes certain aptitudes. Age requirements are therefore given. The requirements of this European Standard do not release parents or carers from their responsibility of watching over the child while he or she is carrying out experiments. On the contrary, the use of these sets requir
29、es close supervision by adults. BS EN 71-4:2013EN 71-4:2013 (E) 6 1 Scope This European Standard specifies requirements for the maximum amount and, in some cases, the maximum concentration of certain substances and mixtures used in experimental sets for chemistry and related activities. These substa
30、nces and mixtures are: those classified as dangerous by the EC-legislation applying to dangerous substances 1, 2 and dangerous mixtures 2, 3; substances and mixtures which in excessive amounts could harm the health of the children using them and which are not classified as dangerous by the above men
31、tioned legislation; and any other chemical substance(s) and mixture(s) delivered with the experimental set. This standard applies to experimental sets for chemistry and related activities including crystal growing sets, carbon dioxide generating experimental sets and supplementary sets. It also cove
32、rs sets for chemical experiments within the fields of mineralogy, biology, physics, microscopy and environmental science whenever they contain one or more chemical substances and/or mixtures which are classified as hazardous according to Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 2. This standard also specifies
33、requirements for marking, a contents list, instructions for use, eye protection and for the equipment intended for carrying out the experiments. This standard does not apply to toys that are covered by EN 71-13 (e.g. cosmetic kits). Requirements for certain other chemical toys are given in EN 71-5.
34、NOTE The terms “substance“ and “preparation“, as used in Directives 67/548/EEC 1 and 1999/45/EC 3, are also used in the “REACH Regulation”, Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 4. According to the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) of classification and labelling of chemicals, which in the European Union has
35、 been enacted by Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures) 2, the timetable for the introduction of GHS has to be followed. The words “preparation” and “mixture” should be considered synonymous; both are a mixture or solution of substances tha
36、t do not react with each other. The old term “preparation” will be replaced by the new term “mixture” in due course. In this standard, only the term “mixture” is used. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensab
37、le for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 71-1, Safety of toys Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties EN 862, Packaging Child-resistant packaging Requi
38、rements and testing procedures for non-reclosable packages for non-pharmaceutical products EN ISO 868, Plastics and ebonite Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness) (ISO 868) EN ISO 8317, Child-resistant packaging Requirements and testing procedures for reclosab
39、le packages (ISO 8317) BS EN 71-4:2013EN 71-4:2013 (E) 7 ISO 7619-1, Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic Determination of indentation hardness Part 1: Durometer method (Shore hardness) 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 chemical
40、toy toy intended for the direct handling of chemical substances and mixtures and which is used in a manner appropriate to a given age-group and under the supervision of an adult 3.2 experimental set chemical toy where the experimental and explorative character in playing with single chemical substan
41、ces and mixtures along strict instructions dominates over the creative ideas of the user 3.3 chemistry set experimental set consisting of one or more chemical substances and/or mixtures with or without equipment intended for carrying out chemical experiments Note 1 to entry: The definition also cove
42、rs experimental sets for chemical experiments within the fields of mineralogy, biology, physics, microscopy and environmental sciences whenever they contain one or more chemical substances and/or mixtures which are classified as hazardous according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, excluding crystal
43、growing sets and carbon dioxide generating experimental sets. 3.4 crystal growing set experimental set consisting of one or more chemical substances for growing crystals without any reaction between the supplied substances Note 1 to entry: A crystal growing set is used to grow crystals of different
44、substances in aqueous solutions. The crystals may be grown on different materials (e.g. stones or gypsum) and can be coloured in different ways (e.g. with food colours): The expanding nature of the growing crystal is not subject to requirements within EN 71-1 for expanding materials as the expansion
45、 is not related to the absorption of water in the crystal and the expansion usually takes place over a long period of time (several days or weeks). 3.5 carbon dioxide generating experimental set experimental set consisting mainly of a carbon dioxide-donor substance or mixture and a carbon dioxide-li
46、berating substance or mixture which after combination generate carbon dioxide in the presence of water in an open system without any gas-tight restriction or confinement Note 1 to entry: The set is used to carry out and observe chemical reactions where there is no intention to generate carbon dioxid
47、e in order to demonstrate speed, velocity or noise. 3.6 supplementary set incomplete experimental set which is intended to be used with a complete experimental set 3.7 cosmetic kit toy, the purpose of which is to assist a child to learn to make products such as fragrances, soaps, creams, shampoos, b
48、ath foams, glosses, lipsticks, other make-up, tooth-paste and conditioners BS EN 71-4:2013EN 71-4:2013 (E) 8 4 Chemical substances in experimental sets1)4.1 Chemistry sets Only the chemical substances, mixtures and indicators given in Table 1 and Table 2 may be supplied in chemistry sets or in a sup
49、plementary set for a chemistry set up to the amounts and concentrations specified in those tables. The quality of the chemicals used should be appropriate for the experiments described. In particular, the chemicals should not contain impurities or substances that allow undefined and dangerous reactions to occur. Apart from its presence in tincture of iodine, denatured alcohol (ethanol) shall not be supplied in a chemistry set. However, where experiments contained in the instructions of a ch
