GOST 30255-2014 PDF

Full title and description

GOST 30255-2014 — Furniture, timber and polymers. Method for determination of formaldehyde and other volatile harmful chemicals emitted into the air of climatic (environmental) test chambers. The standard specifies procedures for sampling, chemical capture and analytical determination of emissions (for example formaldehyde, phenol, ammonia and other volatile compounds) from furniture, wood-based and polymer-containing materials in controlled chamber conditions.

Abstract

This standard defines a chamber-based emission test method used to quantify the release of formaldehyde and other hazardous volatile chemicals from finished furniture items, component parts and representative material samples. It covers test-chamber sizes, conditioning and sample placement, background measurements, air sampling onto absorbing solutions or media, analytical treatment (including spectrophotometric determination) and calculation of steady-state emission concentrations. The method is intended for use in conformity assessment (certification, declaration) and production control.

General information

• Status: Active / in force (introduced as a new interstate standard and applied for mandatory confirmation of conformity in relevant regulatory contexts).
• Publication date: Registered 2014 (approved by the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology on 9 July 2014); formal introduction / date of entry into force recorded as 1 July 2015 in publication records.
• Publisher: Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (national/adopting authority; Rosstandart).
• ICS / categories: Furniture and related products — classifier references indicate relevance to furniture standards (national/ISO classifier area for furniture; commonly catalogued under furniture testing / safety classifications).
• Edition / version: GOST 30255-2014 (first issue in the 2014 series; published as 2015 release in bookshops/catalogues).
• Number of pages: 20 pages (standard text as published in available catalogues and document providers).

Scope

Applies to finished furniture, parts of furniture and representative specimens of wood-based and polymer-containing materials. The method is valid for climatic test chambers with working volumes from about 0.125 m³ up to 50.0 m³ and allows single or simultaneous determination of one or several target volatile compounds (formaldehyde, phenol, ammonia and other harmful volatile chemicals). The method is recommended for conformity assessment (certification or declaration of conformity) and for acceptance/production control.

Key topics and requirements

• Test chamber requirements and acceptable working-volume range (≈0.125 m³ to 50 m³) and inert chamber construction materials to minimise background and sorption effects.
• Specified environmental control and stability: typical reference conditions and tolerances for temperature, relative humidity and air exchange (see next item).
• Typical test conditions and instrument tolerances — e.g., reference conditions often cited in application: temperature 23.0 ± 0.5 °C, relative humidity 50 ± 3 %, and air-exchange rate 1.00 ± 0.05 h⁻¹ (also requirements for airflow over samples and load/saturation expressed as surface area per chamber volume).
• Sample selection, conditioning and placement rules (conditioning period, spacing from walls and between samples, partial sealing of edges for panels, orientation of assembled furniture during test).
• Background (blank) measurements, sampling onto absorbing solutions/media, sample preparation (including thermal treatment steps) and spectrophotometric/analytical determination procedures with calculation of steady-state concentrations from repeated measurements.
• Quality and measurement accuracy controls: requirements for calibration, replicate sampling, and acceptance criteria for steady-state concentration calculations.

Typical use and users

Used by testing laboratories, certification bodies, product safety and quality departments of furniture and wood-products manufacturers, material suppliers, and regulatory/conformity assessment organisations. Typical applications include type-testing of furniture, verification of emission classes for panels and edge materials, pre-production control and investigation of indoor air quality risks associated with materials and finished products.

Related standards

References and normative links in practice include earlier national and interstate emission standards and related furniture technical specifications (for example earlier versions of emission tests and related product standards and safety regulations for furniture and wood-based panels). The standard was developed with reference to international methods (ISO/EN approaches to chamber emission testing) and is cited by other furniture and wood-product technical documents.

Keywords

formaldehyde; emission testing; climatic test chamber; furniture; wood-based materials; polymers; phenol; ammonia; chamber method; emission rate; air exchange; indoor air quality.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: GOST 30255-2014 is a chamber-based test method standard for measuring emission of formaldehyde and other harmful volatile chemicals from furniture, wood-based and polymer-containing materials.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers chamber sizes and construction, test-environment control (temperature, humidity, air exchange), sample conditioning and placement, background measurements, air sampling onto absorbing media, analytical treatment (including spectrophotometric steps) and calculation of steady-state emission concentrations. The method is intended for conformity assessment and production control.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Accredited testing laboratories, certification bodies, furniture and panel manufacturers, material suppliers, and regulatory authorities concerned with product safety and indoor air quality.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: As published it is the 2014 interstate GOST edition (released in catalogues with a 2015 publication/entry date) and is listed as active in official and commercial document catalogues; users should check the national standards register or Rosstandart notices for any amendments or later revisions before relying on it for compliance decisions.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: It is part of the set of furniture, wood-products and materials standards and is referenced by related technical specifications and normative documents governing furniture safety and material requirements. It updates and replaces earlier emission-testing methods in the same domain.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Formaldehyde, emission, climatic chamber, furniture, wood-based materials, polymer-containing materials, phenol, ammonia, air exchange, indoor air quality.