VDA 278 Related Methods

GERSTEL thermal desorption technology is used by most worldwide leading automobile manufacturers, by their suppliers and contract laboratories, as well as by leading companies in the semiconductor and hard disk industry.

GERSTEL Technology helps perform the following standard processes, among others:

• VDA 278: Thermal desorption analysis of organic emissions to characterize non-metallic automotive materials
• Company-wide methods for determination of material emissions within leading automobile manufacturers worldwide
• ECMA Method 328 for Electronic and Semiconductor Devices (analysis method adopted from ISO 16017-1)
• EN 71:2005-11 Safety of toys - Part 11: Organic chemical compounds - Methods of analysis
• DIN ISO 16000-6 Indoor air pollution - Part 6: Determination of organic compounds (VVOC, VOC, SVOC) in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling onto adsorption tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography with MS or MS-FID
• DIN ISO 16000-3:2013-01 Indoor air pollution - Part 3: Measurement of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds in indoor air and in test chambers. Sampling on cartridges coated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH), elution and HPLC/UV determination.
• ASTM D6196 and ISO 16017-1: Standard Practice for Choosing Sorbents, Sampling Parameters and Thermal Desorption Analytical Conditions for Monitoring Volatile Organic Chemicals in Air
• DIN EN 16516:2020-10 Construction products: Evaluation of the release of hazardous substances - Determination of emissions into indoor air (Analysis method adopted from ISO 16000-6):
• DIN ISO 12219-1:2022-01 Indoor air from road vehicles - Part 1: Whole vehicle test chamber - Specification and method for the determination of volatile organic compounds in vehicle cabins (ISO 12219-1:2021)
• DIN ISO 12219-3 Indoor air from road vehicles - Part 3: Screening method for the determination of volatile organic compounds from vehicle interior parts - Micro test chamber method (ISO 12219-3:2012)
• DIN ISO 12219-11 (draft, substitute method for VDA 278): Interior air of road vehicles - Part 11: Thermal desorption analysis of organic emissions for the characterization of non-metallic materials for vehicles

Chinese Standard-Methods:

• GB/T 39897-2021 Determination of volatile organic compounds and aldehydes and ketones in nonmetallic parts of vehicles
• GB/T 18883-2022 Standards for indoor air quality
• HJ/T 400-2007 Determination of volatile organic compounds and carbonyl compounds in cabin vehicles
• GB/T 39560.8-2021 Determination of certain substances in electrical and electronic products—Part 8: Phthalates in polymers by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using a pyrolyzer/thermaldesorption accessory (Py/TD-GC-MS)
• GB/T 39695-2020 Identification of volatile components of rubber fumes—Thermodesorption and gas chromatographic method with mass spectrometric detection
• IEC 62321-3-3:2021Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 3-3: Screening - Polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and phthalates in polymers by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Automobile Manufacturer Methods (Selection):

• Daimler Benz DBL 1000 Including VDA 278 and others
• Honda Motors DWG 0094Z- SNA-000 2005-03 Specification for Test Method for VOC Emissions
• Honda DWG No. 0094Z-T0A-0000; Determination of organic volatiles in non-metallic materials of automotive interiors by thermal analysis
• Honda DWG No. 0094Z-T7S-0000; VOC Test Method Specification for Internal Parts
• Ford FLTM BZ 157-01 2009-01 Determination of organic emissions from non-metallic materials in vehicle interiors by Headspace Gas Chromatography
• GM GMW 8081 Static Headspace GC-MS for Interior Materials; Interior Emissions
• GM GMW 15600 Determination of Aldehyde and Ketone Emissions in Vehicle Interior Cabin Air (DNPH o.ä. HPLC-UV)
• GM GMW 15634 Test Procedure Materials; Determination of Volatile and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds from Vehicle Interior Materials
• BMW GS 97014-2 Determination of Emissions by Air Exchange in a Test Chamber
• BMW GS 97014-3 Determination of Emissions by Air Exchange in a Test Chamber (“Summer test”)
• Nissan Engineering Standard NES M0402 01 and 02 VOC Test Method of Cabin Parts (cf. DIN ISO 12219-2)
• PPV 4050 / VW 96390 Determination of VOC Emissions in SHED Chamber (Whole vehicle)
• PPV 8041 / VW 96423 Determination of VOC Emissions in a Test Chamber (Similar to PV 3942)
• PPV 8042 / VW 96424 Vehicle Interior Emissions, Thermal Desorption Analysis similar to VDA 278
• PV 3341 Non-metal vehicle interior materials; Determination of VOC emissions
• PV 3942 Emission behavior of Vehicle Interior Materials, Test Chamber Method
• SES N 2403 Standard for Control of Volatile Organic Compounds Emission
• TPJLR.52.104 Determination of VOC Emissions from Interior Trim Materials
• Toyota TSM 0508G Volatile Component Measurement Method Using Sampling Bag (Siehe DIN ISO 12219-2)
• Toyota TSM 0509G Test Method for Measuring Volatile Substances under Heat Desorption Method
• Volvo VCS 1027,2749 Determination of Organic Emission from Non-Metallic Materials in Vehicle Interiors

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