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This normative document provides test procedures for determining the levels of Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg),
Cadmium (Cd), hexavalent Chromium (Cr VI), and two types of brominated flame retardants,
Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) contained in
electrotechnical products.
Examples of categories of electrotechnical products are:
• Large household appliances
• Small household appliances
• IT and telecommunications equipment
• Consumer equipment
• Lighting equipment
• Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools)
• Toys, leisure and sports equipment
• Automatic dispensers
This normative document will not determine:
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Definition of a “unit” or “homogenous material” as the sample
Disassembly procedure to get to a sample
Assessment procedures
References
a) Reduction of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
b) Management Methods on the Prevention and Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic
information Products
c) US (California) Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (S.B. 20)
d) US (California) Electronic Waste, Advanced Disposal Fees (S.B. 50)
e) Other references are found in the reference sections of the test procedures
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Terms and Definitions
The definitions of the key terms used in this document are given below
a) Electrotechnical Products: Products which are dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic
fields in order to work properly and equipment for the generation, transfer and measurement of
such currents and fields
b) Substance: Substances are chemical elements and their compounds (e.g. lead is a chemical
element and lead oxide is a compound). Registry numbers of the Chemical Abstracts System of
the American Chemical Society (CAS #) are attributed to all chemical elements and most of their
compounds and should be used for identification purposes
c) Homogenous Material: A homogenous material is made up of one or more substances that is of
uniform composition throughout that cannot be mechanically disjointed into different materials.
d) Qualitative Screening: An analytical approach with the primary goal verifying the absence or
presence of an element of interest (analyte) in tested material
e) Quantitative Screening: An analytical approach with the primary goal to quantify the concentration
of an element of interest (analyte) in tested material
f) Polymer materials: Polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, epoxy resin, polyamide, polycarbonate ABS
resin, polystyrene, etc.
g) Metallic materials: Fe-alloys, Ni-alloys, Sn-alloys, Al-alloys, Mg-alloys, Cu-alloys, Zn-alloys,
precious metals alloys
h) Electronics (PWBs/Components): Circuit boards, wiring materials, contacts, resistors, capacitors,
cords, connectors, etc.
i) Analyte: Substance or element tested for
j) Matrix: The material or substance, form or state in which the analyte is embedded.
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