TY - CONF A1 - Bresch, Harald T1 - Nanomaterial characterisation - The long way to standardisation N2 - In 1981 the OECD published the Test Guideline on Particle size and size distribution. This TG is still a valid document for the measurement of particles all over the world. When nanomaterials gained importance, ISO set up a technical commitee for Nanotechnologies in 2005 and the OECD followed this step in 2006 with the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials. In the following years ISO and OECD published several documents about nanomaterials and the systematisation developed. In 2017 it was finally clear that nanomaterials need to be adressed in another way than chemicals and in 2020 ECHA revised the REACH-Annexes accordingly and included nanomaterials. Unfortunately there is a little problem with this: Only a few applicable test guidelines exit for the measurement of the nanomaterials. Several test guidelines date from 1981 and do not address nanomaterials. The logical next step for the OECD would be to publish a series of test guidelines which are indeed currently prepared and will be shown in this talk. Finally there is an additional need for the future of NM standardisation: Digitalisation. T2 - Bilateral workshop with Uni Bermingham CY - Online meeting DA - 10.03.2021 KW - Nano KW - Standardisation KW - Test guideline KW - OECD KW - Nanomaterial PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53822 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pellegrino, Francesco A1 - Ortel, Erik A1 - Mielke, Johannes A1 - Schmidt, R. A1 - Maurino, V. A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan T1 - Customizing New Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles with Controlled Particle Size and Shape Distribution: A Feasibility Study Toward Reference Materials for Quality Assurance of Nonspherical Nanoparticle Characterization N2 - An overview is given on the synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles with well-defined nonspherical shapes (platelet like, bipyramidal, and elongated), with the focus on controlled, reproducible synthesis, as a key requirement for the production of reference materials with homogeneous and stable properties. Particularly with regard to the nanoparticle shapes, there is a high need of certified materials, solely one material of this type being commercially available since a few months (elongated TiO2). Further, measurement approaches with electron microscopy as the golden method to tackle the nanoparticle shape are developed to determine accurately the size and shape distribution for such nonspherical particles. A prerequisite for accurate and easy (i.e., automated) image analysis is the sample preparation, which ideally must ensure a deposition of the nanoparticles from liquid suspension onto a substrate such that the particles do not overlap, are solvent-free, and have a high deposition density. Challenges in the Synthesis of perfectly monodispersed and solvent-free TiO2 nanoparticles of platelet and acicular shapes are highlighted as well as successful measurement approaches on how to extract from 2D projection electron micrographs the most accurate spatial information, that is, true 3D size, for example, of the bipyramidal nanoparticles with different geometrical orientations on a substrate. KW - Nanoparticles KW - Titanium dioxide KW - Reference materials KW - Standardisation KW - Particle size and shape distribution PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-538849 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101347 VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Wiley-VCH AN - OPUS4-53884 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan T1 - VAMAS TWA 37 - Quantitative Microstructural Analysis & Liaison with ISO/TC 202 Microbeam Analysis, Liaison with ISO N2 - The progress in activities on Microbeam Analysis under VAMAS/TWA 37 is reviewed. Particularly the liaison with the new projects within the ISO technical committee TC 202 is presented and discussed with respect to the possibility of identifying and launching related VAMAS projects. Need of more promotion for the engagement of more participants from industry and academia at national, European and international level is highlighted. Also, the competition with the other technical working areas (on 'nano' or materials-related) is critically discussed. Further, a short overview of the VAMAS areas of activities is given where Germany is involved. T2 - Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) 46th Steering Committee Meeting CY - Online meeting DA - 08.09.2021 KW - VAMAS KW - Nanoparticles KW - Standardisation KW - Inter-laboratory comparison KW - ISO/TC 202 KW - ISO/TC 229 KW - ISO/TC 201 KW - Microstructure KW - EBSD PY - 2021 UR - http://www.vamas.org/twa/ AN - OPUS4-53237 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Paul, Astrid A1 - Ziegert, C. A1 - Fontana, Patrick A1 - Meyer, J. T1 - StandardBoard - Produktnorm für Lehmplatten T1 - StandardBoard - A product standard for earthen panels N2 - Die Anwendung von modernen Lehmbaustoffen hat in den letzten Jahren überdurchschnittliche Wachstumsraten erreicht. Für Bauherren und Planer ausschlaggebend ist häufig ihr extrem niedriger CO2-Äquivalentkennwert. Entsprechend wurden Lehmplatten in einem Projekt mit Pilotcharakter für den Umbau des alten Abgeordnetenhauses in Bonn zum Gebäude des Klimareferats der Vereinten Nationen verwendet. Bei der Entscheidung für die Bauweise mit Lehmplatten standen vor allem raumklimatische und schallschutztechnische, das heißt gesundheitliche Aspekte, aber auch der Wunsch nach erhöhter Nachhaltigkeit im Vordergrund. Durch das Fehlen einer Norm entstehen im Vergleich zu geregelten Bauprodukten jedoch noch deutliche Wettbewerbsnachteile für Produzenten von Lehmplatten. Planer und Anwender sehen aufgrund fehlender Prüfzertifikate nicht selten von der Anwendung dieser Lehmbaustoffe ab. Wie schon für Lehmsteine und Lehmmörtel sollen deshalb jetzt auch für Lehmplatten an der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) in dem Projekt StandardBoard Grundlagen für eine Produktnorm geschaffen werden. Darin ist als Projektpartner der Hersteller Conluto beteiligt. Zweck des in Erarbeitung befindlichen Regelwerks ist es, über die Festlegung von Qualitätsanforderungen und Prüfvorschriften die Gebrauchstauglichkeit von Lehmplatten sicherzustellen und somit einerseits Sicherheit für Planer und Anwender und andererseits Vergleichbarkeit und damit Konkurrenzfähigkeit zu konventionellen Plattenprodukten für gleiche Einbaubereiche zu erreichen. Darüber hinaus stellt sie ein Instrument dar, um die besonderen ökologischen und bauphysikalischen Eigenschaften der Lehmbaustoffe hervorzuheben. Die Erarbeitung des Regelwerks erfolgt in enger Abstimmung mit dem Dachverband Lehm e. V. (DVL). N2 - In recent years. the utilization of modern building materials made from soil has extended considerably. For building principals and designers. this decision is often determined by their extremely low carbon dioxide equivalent. A paradigm is the application of earth panels in the conversion of the former House of Representatives in Bonn to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The choice of earth panels was determined not only by considerations of indoor climate and acoustic insulation issues. but particularly by an endeavour to attain a high level of sustainability. The lack of a standard causes producers of earth panels to experience considerable competitive disadvantages. With the absence of test certificates. designers as well as implementers refrain from using earth materials. The project StandardBoard has been initiated with the purpose of developing the basis for a product standard for earth panels. being realized at the BAM. where also standards for earth blocks and earth mortars have been developed. The BAM is cooperating with the project partner Conluto. a manufacturer of earth panels. The object of the standard being in development is to guarantee the usability of earth panels by stating quality requirements and testing procedures and thereby to achieve safety for designers and users as well as competitiveness with established panels. Furthermore. a standard allows to emphasize the special ecological and climatic features of earth materials. The drafting of the standard is coordinated in close relation to the German Association for Earth Construction (DVL). T2 - Lehm 2016 - 7. Internationale Fachtagung für Lehmbau - 7th International Conference on Building with Earth CY - Weimar, Germany DA - 12.11.2016 KW - Baustoffe KW - Moderne Lehmbaustoffe KW - Lehmplatte KW - Normung KW - Prüfung KW - Produktqualität KW - Building materials KW - Modern earthen building materials KW - Earth panel KW - Standardisation KW - Testing KW - Product quality PY - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Eigenverlag Dachverband Lehm e. V. CY - Weimar AN - OPUS4-38996 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - New Standardisation Tasks under the European Explosives Directive: Electronic Detonators, On-site Mixed Explosives N2 - Several decades have passed since the initial drafting of the European standards for explosives subject to European Directive 2014/28/EU, and this field as experienced some substantial technical innovations. While at the turn of the millenium the concept of electronic detonators had just been conceived, and it is mentioned in a Technical Specification, today electronic detonators exist in many variants, also regarding communication means between shotfirer and the detonating cap. Questions regarding safe functioning and prevention of inadvertent ignition have to be asked in a quite different way, where delicate electronic circuits are used, and where information is transmitted by radio waves. In addition, the safety of functioning is partly found in software components and the corresponding standards need to be reviewed thoroughly on these grounds. A different but in recent times more and more popular technology, is the on-site production of explosives, being mostly emulsion explosives, ANFO, or combined products. Also here software in the machinery is starting to play an important role. The on-site produced explosive must fulfil safety requirements and has to be, in addition, quality controlled. This cannot solely be left to the hopefully proper design of the software and machinery, but needs to be made accessible to verification. Since this area seems broader in approach, it is not going to be addressed by a new standard. The state of the art technology shall be described in a Technical Specification with a perspective from requirements of the above mentioned European Directive. T2 - EFEE 10th anniversary World Conference on Explosives and Blasting CY - Helsiniki, Finland DA - 15.09.2019 KW - Standardisation KW - Harmonised Standards KW - Technical Specification KW - Electronic Detonators KW - On-site mixed Explosives PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49106 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - New Standardisation Tasks under the European Explosives Directive: Electronic Detonators, On-site Mixed Explosives N2 - Since the early drafting of the European standards for civil explosives, harmonised under directive 93/15/EEC and 2014/28/EU, blasting technology has developed notably. This is particularly evident for electronic detonators and electronic firing systems, and the EU commission agreed to initiate a standardisation initiative, also noting that the currently existing document on electronic detonators is “only” a Technical Specification (CEN/TS). This paper addresses the current activities in the area of standardisation. The EU is about to launch a formal standardisation request to cover the most recent technological developments not addressed by the current standards. The request would also include various adjustments of references to the new Directive for civil explosives, and in addition the task of developing a Technical Specification for on-site mixed explosives and corresponding manufacturing units. The latter has been included to address the nowadays frequently found mobile production on the basis of ammonium nitrate prills or emulsions. T2 - EFEE 10th anniversary World Conference on Explosives and Blasting CY - Helsiniki, Finland DA - 15.09.2019 KW - On-site mixed Explosives KW - Technical Specification KW - Harmonised Standards KW - Standardisation KW - Electronic Detonators PY - 2019 SN - 978-0-955029-6-6 SP - 215 EP - 219 PB - EFEE European Federation of Explosives Engineers AN - OPUS4-49107 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - International standardization and metrology as tools to address the comparability and reproducibility challenges in XPS measurements N2 - The status of standardization related to x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, ESCA) at ASTM International (Subcommittee E42.03) and ISO (TC 201) is presented and commented upon in a structured manner. The survey also identifies other active bodies, here VAMAS Technical Working Area 2 and the Surface Analysis Working Group at the International Meter Convention, contributing to prestandardization Research and metrology of XPS and reports their specific activities. It is concluded that existing standardization is delivering good practices in the use of XPS and has a high potential to avoid the recently observed erroneous use, misapplications, and misinterpretation by new and inexperienced users of the method—which seems to be the main reason for the “reproducibility crisis” in the field of XPS applications. A need for a more proactive publicizing of international documentary standards by experienced XPS users, specifically those who are involved in standardization, is identified. Because the existing portfolio of standards addressing the use of XPS is not complete, future standardization projects planned or already ongoing are mentioned. The way the standardization bodies are identifying future needs is shortly explained. KW - Standardisation KW - Comparability KW - Reproducibility KW - XPS KW - VAMAS KW - Metrology PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5131074 VL - 38 IS - 2 SP - 021201-1 EP - 021201-8 PB - AVS AN - OPUS4-50560 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN ED - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan ED - Unger, Wolfgang ED - Shard, A. G. T1 - Characterization of nanoparticles - Measurement processes for nanoparticles N2 - Characterization of Nanoparticles: Measurement Processes for Nanoparticles surveys this fast growing field, including established methods for the physical and chemical characterization of nanoparticles. The book focuses on sample preparation issues (including potential pitfalls), with measurement procedures described in detail. In addition, the book explores data reduction, including the quantitative evaluation of the final result and its uncertainty of measurement. The results of published inter-laboratory comparisons are referred to, along with the availability of reference materials necessary for instrument calibration and method validation. The application of these methods are illustrated with practical examples on what is routine and what remains a challenge. In addition, this book summarizes promising methods still under development and analyzes the need for complementary methods to enhance the quality of nanoparticle characterization with solutions already in operation. KW - Nanoparticles KW - Characterization method KW - Sample preparation KW - Inter-laboratory comparison KW - Standardisation KW - Measurement uncertainty KW - Case studies PY - 2020 SN - 978-0-12-814182-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-00312-9 SP - 1 EP - 566 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-50284 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan T1 - Minimum Requirements for Nanomaterial Data - Examples with Electron Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy N2 - In dem Vortrag werden, anhand ausgewählten Beispielen aus der Elektronenmikroskopie und EDX-Elementanalyse, die minimalen Anforderungen an Referenzdaten für zuverlässige und reproduzierbare Ergebnisse (z.B. Partikelgrößenverteilung, Elementzusammensetzung) bei der Charakterisierung von Nanomaterialien vorgestellt und diskutiert. N2 - Based on practical examples of analysis with Electron Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy, the minimum information requirements for reliable and reproducible nanomaterial characterization data such as particle size and shape distribution and elemental analysis are presented and discussed. T2 - nano@BAM-Workshop Digitalisierung in der Nanosicherheit CY - Online meeting DA - 04.12.2020 KW - Nanoparticles KW - Electron microscopy KW - EDX KW - Reference data KW - Reproducibility KW - Standardisation PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51775 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan T1 - You Ask – ACEnano Replies N2 - The workshop starts with introductory information about the workshop and the H2020 project ACEnano, followed by two expert round tables, focussing on how the project could address regulator and industry needs, respectively. This is be followed by parallel sessions on tools (based on preferences expressed by those registered to attend, see “Questions”) and finally a question-and-answer session with the attendees. The experts invited in Round Table 1 have been prepared to answer to questions related to obstacles and advantages for stakeholders such as SMEs to use the ACEnano approaches/tools. Standardisation needs are discussed. T2 - nanoSafety Cluster Training (NSC) Day @ NanoSAFE 2020: ACEnano users’ workshop “You Ask – ACEnano Replies” CY - Online meeting DA - 23.11.2020 KW - ACEnano KW - Standardisation KW - Nanomaterials KW - Nano-characterisation PY - 2020 UR - https://www.nanosafetycluster.eu/ SP - 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-51693 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -