The IMEP-26 exercise focuses on the determination of brominated flame retardants in plastic. This exercise aims to assess the analytical performance of laboratories involved in the compliance with the European Directive on the "Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" (RoHS) (Directive 2002/95/EC) and on the in legislation after the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (OJ L 209, 31.7.2006).
This exercise is open to all laboratories.
The cost of this interlaboratory comparison is EUR 235 per registration.
You can register using the link hereafter
https://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ilc/ilcRegistration.do?selComparison=560
Test materials and analytes
The test material to be analysed is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) contained in a brown glass container. Each participant receives one bottle. The measurands are;
Total bromine (Br), the following brominated diphenylethers (BDE-99, BDE-209, BDE47 and BDE-183 and decabrominated biphenyl (BB-209).
The total sum of polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE).
General outline of the exercise
Participants are requested to perform 1-3 independent analyses using the method of their choice.
Schedule
| Registration |
Sample dispatch |
Reporting of results |
Report to participants |
| End of October 2010 |
Middle November 2010 |
deadline 17th December 2010 |
March 2011 |