HJ 2537-2014Technical requirements for environmental labeling products - Water based coatings (English PDF)

Foreword

In order to implement the "Environmental Protection Law of the People's

Republic of China", to reduce the impact of coatings on the environment and

human health during production and use, and to protect the environment, this

Standard has been formulated.

This Standard proposes the limit requirements for harmful substances in water

based coatings.

This Standard has revised "Technical requirement for environmental labeling

products - Water based coatings" (HJ/T 201-2005). The main changes are as

follows:

- ADJUST the scope of the standard;

- ADJUST the requirements for substances that cannot be artificially added;

- ADD the limit requirements for glycol ethers and esters;

- IMPROVE the limit requirements for volatile organic compounds;

- IMPROVE the limit requirements for the total amount of benzene, toluene,

xylene and ethylbenzene.

This Standard applies to China's environmental labeling product certification.

This Standard was formulated by Department of Science and Technology

Standards of the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

Main drafting organization of this Standard: Environmental Development

Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

This standard was approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection on

March 31, 2014.

This Standard was implemented from July 1, 2014.

This standard is explained by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

The previous released versions replaced by this Standard are as follows:

- HJ/T 201-2005, HBC 12-2002, HJBZ 4-1999, HJBZ 4-1994.

Technical requirement for environmental

labeling products - Water based coatings

1 Scope

This Standard specifies the terms and definitions, basic requirements, technical

contents and inspection methods of environmental labeling products of water

based coatings.

This Standard applies to water based coatings and matching putty.

This Standard does not apply to water based waterproof coatings and water

based marine coatings.

2 Normative references

The provisions in following documents become the provisions of this Standard

through reference in this Standard. For undated references, the valid versions

apply to this Standard.

GB 18582-2008 Indoor decorating and refurbishing materials - Limit of

harmful substances of interior architectural coatings

GB 18583-2008 Indoor decorating and refurbishing materials - Limit of

harmful substances of adhesives

GB 24409-2009 Limit of harmful substances of automobile coatings

GB/T 6750-2007 Paints and varnishes - Determination of density -

Pycnometer method

GB/T 9754-2007 Paints and varnishes - Determination of specular gloss of

non-metallic paint films at 20°, 60° and 85°

GB/T 23986-2009 Paints and varnishes - Determination of volatile organic

compound (VOC) content - Gas-chromatographic method

GB/T 23993-2009 Determination of formaldehyde content of waterborne

coatings - Spectrophotometric method with acetylacetone

Evaluation Index System for Cleaner Production in Coatings Industry (Trial),

6 Inspection methods