Chemical Testing

The services of the laboratory unit Chemical Testing, accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005, include the determiniation of formaldehyde emission and formaldehyde content including surveillance and certification tests in accordance with European and international standards. The competence of our test laboratory in this field is based on the services of our CARB/IKEA Certification Body. Moreover, the scope of services includes the testing and evaluation of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from construction and other products, of the VOC content, of heavy metals and preserving agents in fluids. The scope of tasks is rounded off by test methods to characterise bonding agents and glues, to determine organic and inorganic wood preservatives and selected contaminants. Most varied products, such as solid wood and wood-based materials, decor foils, flooring material (AgBB Scheme), furniture, upholstered furniture and mattresses but also lacquers, varnishes, dispersion paints and bonding agents. Contaminants can be determined, such as plasticisers, PAH, ammonia and also odours.

 

Accredited procedures

Current test procedures in the accredited area

Laboratory Chemical Testing

Martina Broege

Dipl.-Ing. 

Martina Broege

Head of laboratory

+49 351 4662 340

+49 172 2019 874

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Formaldehyde testing

Testing

  • Determination of formaldehyde emission, acc. to international standards (EN, ISO, ASTM, JIS), from wood-based materials and relevant products
  • Formaldehyde content of wood-based materials, paints and lacquers, paper and other relevant products
  • Emission behaviour of products under deviating climatic conditions
  • Measurements of indoor spaces, museum display cases and the like

Surveillance

  • CARB and IKEA and also voluntary surveillance E1

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) 

Sören Hahn

+49 351 4662 247

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Determination of volatile organic compounds (VVOC, VOC and SVOC)

Emission testing in test chambers acc. to ISO 16000-3/6/9/28

  • VOC/SVOC emissions
  • Ammonia and further VVOCs (LVHH, aldehydes)
  • Formic and acetic acid
  • Determination of odour emissions (intensity, hedonics, acceptance)

Content determinations

  • VOC in lacquers and paints
  • Isocyanates

Tests for the marks Blue Angel, GEV, DGM, M1 (Nordic Swan), AgBB, French and Belgian VOC regulations.


Monitoring within the frame of DIBt approvals.

Dipl.-Ing. 

Matina Broege

+49 351 4662 340

+49 172 2019 874

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Dr. rer. nat. 

Christiane Swaboda

+49 351 4662 261

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Determination of ingredients contained in products

  • Plasticisers in products
  • Contaminants, such as PAH, organic flame retardants, isothiazolinones (MIT, BIT, CIT) and other preserving agents
  • Heavy-metal content in lacquers and paints
  • Heavy-metal content migration acc. to EN 71-3

 

 

Dr. rer. nat. 

Christiane Swaboda

+49 351 4662 261

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Characterisation of bonding agents and glue analytics

  • Glue content and distribution by way of elemental analysis
  • Molar mass distribution by SEC/GPC
  • Molar ratio in liquid glues
  • Melamine content, free and bonded formaldehyde in liquid glues
  • Rheological behaviour, viscosity

 

Dr. rer. nat. 

Almut Wiltner

+49 351 4662 274

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Analysis of wood preservatives

  • Contents of active organic and inorganic wood-preserving substances contained in material
  • Ambient air measurements and emissions from active substances
  • Flame retardants

 


 

Dr. rer. nat. 

Martin Fischer

+49 351 4662 249

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