BS EN 16377:2013

This standard BS EN 16377:2013 Characterization of waste. Determination of brominated flame retardants (BFR) in solid waste is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.030.10 Solid wastes

This 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 5 000 µg/kg of tetra-to octabromodiphenylether congeners and 100 µg/kg to 10 000 µg/kg of decabromo diphenylether (see Table 1). 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.

Table 1 — Brominated flame retardants determined by this method

No.	Congener	Formula	Abbreviationa	Molar mass g/mol
1	2,2’,4,4’-Tetrabromodiphenylether	C12H6Br4O	BDE-47	485,795 0
2	2,2’,4,4’,5-Pentabromodiphenylether	C12H5Br5O	BDE-99	564,691 1
3	2,2’,4,4’,6-Pentabromodiphenylether	C12H5Br5O	BDE-100	564,691 1
4	2,2’,4,4’,5,6’-Hexabromodiphenylether	C12H4Br6O	BDE-154	643,587 2
5	2,2’,4,4’,5,5’-Hexabromodiphenylether	C12H4Br6O	BDE-153	643,587 2
6	2,2’,3,4,4’,5’,6-Heptabromodiphenylether	C12H3Br7O	BDE-183	722,483 2
7	Decabromodiphenylether	C12Br10O	BDE-209	959,171 4

^a Numbering for the BDE according to IUPAC nomenclature for PCB.