DIN EN 16377:2012-02

This draft European Standard specifies a method for the determination of selected polybrominated flame retardants (BFR), chemically known as polybrominated diphenylethers (BDE), in waste materials using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in the electron impact (EI) ionisation mode (GC-EI-MS). When applying GC-EI-MS, the method is applicable to samples containing 100 µg/kg to 5000 µg/kg of tetra- to octabromodiphenylether congeners and 100 µg/kg to 10000 µg/kg of decabromo diphenylether. It is also possible to analyse other brominated flame retardants applying the method described in this European Standard, provided the method's applicability has been proven.