ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16000-34 First edition 2018-08 Indoor air - Part 34: Strategies for the measurement of airborne particles Airintérieur- Partie34:Strategiepour lamesuredesparticulesensuspension Reference number IS0 16000-34:2018(E) ISO @IS0 2018 IS016000-34:2018(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02018 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone:+4122749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved IS016000-34:2018(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction. ..i. 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Origin,properties and health implications of airborneparticles. 4.1 Origin andproperties. .4 4.2 Health implications. .6 5 Sources of indoor particulate matter and particle dynamics indoors 5.1 General .6 5.2 Sources of indoorparticulate matter 5.2.1 Typical indoor sources 6 5.2.2 Influenceofthepremises Particle size range generated by typical sources 5.2.3 7 5.3 Particle dynamics indoors. .8 5.3.1 Major particle sinks. .8 5.3.2 Variationsof theparticlespectrum .8 5.3.3 Effect of air conditioning. .9 5.3.4 Conditionsofroomuse .9 Measurement methods for airborne particles indoors .9 6 6.1 General .9 6.2 Established method description .10 6.2.1 General. ..10 6.2.2 Cyclone ..13 6.2.3 Impactors (impactor-cascadeimpactor-LPI-Mol) ..13 6.2.4 Differential mobility analyser (DMA) .14 6.2.5 Aerosolmass spectrometer (AMS) .15 6.2.6 Aerosol mass monitor (AMM) .15 6.2.7 Oscillatingmicrobalance (OMB) .16 6.2.8 Betaradiationattenuation (BRA)monitor .17 6.2.9 Microscopy (OM - SEM - TEM) .18 6.2.10 Light scatteringaerosol spectrometer (LSAS) ..18 6.2.11 Time-of-flight spectrometer (TOF-AS) .19 6.2.12 Condensation particle counter (CPC-UF CPC-CPC with SES-CPC .20 photometricmode) 6.2.13 Faradaycupaerosolelectrometer (FCAE) .21 6.2.14 Fastresponseaerosol spectrometer (FRAS) .21 6.2.15 Low pressure impactor with electric detection (LPI+E) ..22 General sampling recommendations .22 7 .22 7.1 Instrumentation and sampling system 7.2 Measurement location 23 7.3 Measurement time and duration. 23 7.4 Estimated concentration scale(minimumandmaximumaccuracy) .23 7.5 Background concentration 24 7.6 Impact of outdoorairquality 24 7.7 .25 Impact of roomconditions. 7.8 Impact of the measurement itself. .25 8 Measurement strategy for determining airborne particles indoors .26 8.1 General ..26 8.2 Preliminary work-Definition of the measurement objectiveand list of basic information .26 @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved iii