GB/T 39560.702-2021Determination of certain substances in electrical and electronic products - Part 7-2: Hexavalent chrome - Determination of hexavalent chrome [Cr(VI)] in polymers and electronics by the colormetric method (English PDF)

Foreword

GB/T 39560 "Determination of certain substances in electrical and electronic products"

consists of the following parts:

- Part 1: Introduction and overview;

- Part 2: Disassembly, disjointment and mechanical sample preparation;

- Part 3-1: Screening lead, mercury, cadmium, total chromium and total bromine by

X-ray fluorescence spectrometry;

- Part 4: Mercury in polymers, metals and electronics by CV-AAS, CV-AFS, ICP-

OES and ICP-MS;

- Part 5: Cadmium, lead and chromium in polymers and electronics and cadmium

and lead in metals by AAS, AFS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS;

- Part 6: Polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in polymers

by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS);

- Part 7-1: Hexavalent chromium—Presence of hexavalent chromium Cr (VI) in

colorless and colored corrosion-protected coatings on metals by the colorimetric

method;

- Part 7-2: Hexavalent chrome - Determination of hexavalent chrome [Cr (VI)] in

polymers and electronics by the colorimetric method;

- Part 8: Phthalates in polymers by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-

MS),gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using a pyrolyzer/thermal

desorption accessory (Py/TD-GC-MS).

This Part is Part 7-2 of GB/T 39560.

This Part was drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.

This Part uses translation method to identically adopt IEC 62321-7-2:2017

"Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products - Part 7-2: Hexavalent

chrome - Determination of hexavalent chrome[Cr (VI)] in polymers and electronics by

the colorimetric method".

The Chinese documents which have consistency with the international normative

references in this Part are as follows:

- GB/T 6682-2008, Water for analytical laboratory use - Specification and test

methods (ISO3696:1987, MOD)

- GB/T 39560.1-2020, Determination of certain substances in electrical and

Determination of certain substances in electrical and

electronic products - Part 7-2: Hexavalent chrome -

Determination of hexavalent chrome [Cr (VI)] in polymers

and electronics by the colorimetric method

WARNING -- Persons using this Part shall have practical experience in formal

laboratory work. This Part does not address all possible security issues. It is the

user's responsibility to take appropriate safety and health measures, and to ensure

compliance with the conditions stipulated by relevant national regulations.

1 Scope

This Part of GB/T 39560 specifies the method for quantitative detection of hexavalent

chromium [Cr (VI)] in polymer and electronic samples. The determination method in

this Part uses an organic solvent to dissolve or swell the sample matrix, and then uses

an alkaline digestion procedure to extract hexavalent chromium from the sample.

Studies have shown that for the extraction of hexavalent chromium from soluble and

insoluble samples, organic/alkaline solutions are more effective than acidic solutions.

Under the condition of alkaline solution, the reduction of hexavalent chromium to

trivalent chromium or the oxidation of trivalent chromium to hexavalent chromium is

the least.

For soluble polymer samples composed of ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), PC

(polycarbonate) and PVC (polyvinyl chloride), first dissolve the sample in an

appropriate organic solvent. The hexavalent chromium is then extracted with alkaline

extraction solution.

For insoluble or unknown polymers or electronic materials that do not contain antimony

(Sb), first put the sample into a toluene/alkaline solution at 150°C to 160°C for digestion.

The organic phase in the extract is then separated and discarded. Retain the inorganic

phase for hexavalent chromium analysis.

The hexavalent chromium concentration in the extract is determined by reacting the

extract with 1,5-diphenylcarbazide under acidic conditions. During the reaction with

diphenylcarbazide, hexavalent chromium is reduced to trivalent chromium.

Diphenylcarbazide is oxidized to diphenylcarbazide. The trivalent chromium and

diphenylcarbazone then react further to form a purple-red compound. Then use a

colorimeter or spectrophotometer to quantitatively determine the purple compound

solution at 540nm.

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