TY - CONF A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Kutnik, M. A1 - Conti, E. A1 - Klamer, M. A1 - Nunes, L. A1 - van Acker, J. A1 - Plarre, Rüdiger T1 - Guidance on the European Biocidal Products Regulation concerning Efficacy of Wood Preservatives N2 - In Europe wood preservatives belong to Product Type 8 (PT8) of the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR, EU n. 528/2012), which regulates the authorisation of biocidal active substances and products in the European market. The applicant, who aims to obtain authorization to place a product onto the European market, needs to submit data to substantiate the label claims for the intended uses. Label claims are a central issue in the assessment of efficacy. The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of the recently issued “Guidance on the Biocidal Products Regulation” concerning the evaluation of efficacy of wood preservatives. This guidance document is addressed to the applicants as well as to the competent authorities of the member states of Europe in charge of assessing efficacy data, and has been in the public domain, in its latest version, since February 2017. The CEN/Technical Committee 38 “Durability of wood and wood based products” / WG 22 "Performance, assessment and specification” decided to bring the Guidance to a wider audience with the aim of disseminating the information and to trigger discussion among the experts of IRGWP. An excerpt of the Guidance that is relevant to wood preservative products is presented in an Annex to this paper. Keywords: Biocidal Products Regulation, BPR, authorisation, Guidance, PT8, curative wood preservatives, preventive wood preservatives. T2 - IRG48 Scientific Conference on Wood Protection CY - Universität Ghent, Belgium DA - 04.06. 2017 KW - Preventive wood preservatives KW - Biocidal Products Regulation KW - BPR KW - Authorisation KW - Guidance KW - PT8 KW - Curative wood preservatives PY - 2017 SN - 2000-8953 SP - IRG/WP 17-20627-1 EP - 17 AN - OPUS4-40576 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bürger, S. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Kloetzli, U. A1 - Nunes, L. A1 - Lavelle, M. ED - Prohaska, T. ED - Irrgeher, J. ED - Zitek, A. ED - Jakubowski, Norbert T1 - Thermal ionisation mass spectrometry N2 - Thermal ionisation, also known as surface ionisation, was one of the first ionisation techniques developed for mass spectrometry, having been invented as early as 1918. The ionization process, described by the empirically derived “fractionation laws”, is widely understood. Isotope ratio measurements can be achieved with high precision and accuracy. Due to this, thermal ionisation has paved the way for great scientific achievements including: the discovery of new isotopes, the determination of radioactive half-lives and atomic weights of the elements, the accurate determination of the age of the earth and investigations on human society in the past such as mobility and trade. TIMS is still regarded as ‘golden standard’ in isotope ratio measurements. Thus the method is a reference technique that remains at the forefront of isotopic analysis particularly in the fields of metrology. A concise overview is given here of the technical background of thermal ionisation as well as the numerous applications of this technique in earth sciences, industry, metrology, and nuclear forensics. PY - 2015 SN - 978-1-84973-392-2 SN - 978-1-84973-540-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/9781849735407-00381 SN - 2044-253X N1 - Serientitel: New developments in mass spectrometry – Series title: New developments in mass spectrometry VL - 3 SP - Chapter 14, 381 EP - 438 CY - Cambridge, UK AN - OPUS4-32557 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -