🇵🇱 WOJSKOWY INSTYTUT CHEMII I RADIOMETRII PL

PCA AB 380 • Warszawa, Poland • 23 methods

Materials & polymersPetrochemistry & fuels

WOJSKOWY INSTYTUT CHEMII I RADIOMETRII is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 380 (Warszawa, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 23 test methods in the following areas: Materials & polymers, Petrochemistry & fuels. Test objects include: Gas masks, Filtering half masks, Combined filters for gas masks, Filter materials, filters. Most frequently used techniques: Photometric method, Pressure method, Method: gravimetric.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 380
  • Methods in scope: 23
  • Types of test objects: 10
  • Techniques used: 3
  • City: Warszawa, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 380
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE OCHRONY DRÓG ODDECHOWYCH, Al. Gen. A. Chruściela „Montera” 105, 00-910 Warszawa
City
Warszawa, Poland

What this laboratory tests (10)

Analytical techniques used (3)

Accreditation scope — test methods (23)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Sorbent materials Breakthrough time and sorption capacity with respect to:
chlorine, hydrogen sulphide, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, chloropicrin, cyanogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, cyclohexane. Breakthrough time range: above 5 minutes
NO-42-A210:2004/A1:2014 p.3.3.5
2 Gas filters, Combined filters Breakthrough time and sorption capacity with respect to:
chlorine, hydrogen sulphide, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, chloropicrin, cyanogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, cyclohexane. Breakthrough time range: above 5 minutes
PN-EN 14387:2021-07 p. 5.12.1, 5.12.2, 6.6 NO-42-A205:2009 p.3.2.4 NO-42-A205:2009/A1:2025
3 Masks Breathing resistance (continuous flow)
Range (0 ÷ 2000) Pa
Pressure method PN-EN 136:2001 p. 8.15 | PN-EN 136:2001/Ap1:2003 | PN-EN 136:2001/AC:2004
4 Half masks and quarter masks Breathing resistance (continuous flow)
Range (0 ÷ 2000) Pa
Pressure method PN-EN 140:2001 p. 7.12 | PN-EN 140:2001/Ap1:2003
5 Filtering half masks Breathing resistance (continuous flow)
Range (0 ÷ 2000) Pa
Pressure method PN-EN 149+A1:2010 p. 8.9
6 Gas masks Breathing resistance (continuous flow)
Range (0 ÷ 2000) Pa
Pressure method NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.16 | PN-EN 13274-3:2005 p. 6
7 Filter materials, filters Breathing resistance (continuous flow)
Range (0 ÷ 2000) Pa
Pressure method PN-EN 143:2021-07 p. 6.11
8 Gas filters and combined filters Breathing resistance (continuous flow)
Range (0 ÷ 2000) Pa
Pressure method PN-EN 14387:2021-07 p. 5.11 | PN-EN 13274-3:2005 p. 6
9 Combined filters for gas masks Breathing resistance (continuous flow)
Range (0 ÷ 2000) Pa
Pressure method NO-42-A205:2009 p. 2.5 NO-42-A205:2009/A1:2025 | PN-EN 14387:2021-07 p. 5.11
10 Filter materials, filters Sodium chloride aerosol penetration
Range (0,00005 ÷ 100) %
Photometric method PN-EN 143:2021-07 p. 6.12
11 Combined filters Sodium chloride aerosol penetration
Range (0,00005 ÷ 100) %
Photometric method PN-EN 14387:2021-07 p. 5.13.2 | PN-EN 143:2021-07 p. 6.12
12 Filtering half masks Sodium chloride aerosol penetration
Range (0,00005 ÷ 100) %
Photometric method PN-EN 149+A1:2010 p. 8.11 | PN-EN 13274-7:2019-07 p. 6
13 Combined filters for gas masks Sodium chloride aerosol penetration
Range (0,00005 ÷ 100) %
Photometric method NO-42-A205:2009 p. 2.6 NO-42-A205:2009/A1:2025 | PN-EN 143:2021-07 p. 6.12
14 Filter materials, filters Paraffin oil mist aerosol penetration
Range (0,0005 ÷ 100) %
Photometric method PN-EN 143:2021-07 p.6.12
15 Combined filters Paraffin oil mist aerosol penetration
Range (0,0005 ÷ 100) %
Photometric method PN-EN 14387:2021-07 p. 5.13.2 | PN-EN 143:2021-07 p.6.12
16 Filtering half masks Paraffin oil mist aerosol penetration
Range (0,0005 ÷ 100) %
Photometric method PN-EN 149+A1:2010 p. 8.11 | PN-EN 13274-7:2019-07 p. 7
17 Combined filters for gas masks Paraffin oil mist aerosol penetration
Range (0,0005 ÷ 100) %
Photometric method NO-42-A205:2009 p. 2.6 NO-42-A205:2009/A1:2025 | PN-EN 143:2021-07 p. 6.12
18 Masks Total inward leakage
Range (0,0001÷100)%
Photometric method PN-EN 136:2001 p. 8.16 | PN-EN 136:2001/Ap1:2003 | PN-EN 136:2001/AC:2004
19 Filtering half masks Total inward leakage
Range (0,0001÷100)%
Photometric method PN-EN 149+A1:2010 p. 8.5
20 Gas masks Total inward leakage
Range (0,0001÷100)%
Photometric method NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.15 | PN-EN 136:2001 p. 8.16 | PN-EN 136:2001/Ap1:2003 | PN-EN 136:2001/AC:2004
21 Gas masks Mask tightness under static conditions Pressure method PN-EN 136:2001 p. 8.13 | PN-EN 136:2001/Ap1:2003 | PN-EN 136:2001/AC:2004 NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.11
22 Gas masks Mask tightness under static conditions with the connected UPP (liquid intake device) Pressure method NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.12
23 Gas masks Mass of the gas mask
Range (0 ÷ 3000) g
Method: gravimetric NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.10

Reference standards (27)

NO-42-A205:2009 p. 2.5 NO-42-A205:2009/A1:2025
NO-42-A205:2009 p. 2.6 NO-42-A205:2009/A1:2025
NO-42-A210:2004/A1:2014 p.3.3.5
NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.10
NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.12
NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.15
NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.16
PN-EN 13274-3:2005 p. 6
PN-EN 13274-7:2019-07 p. 6
PN-EN 13274-7:2019-07 p. 7
PN-EN 136:2001 p. 8.13
PN-EN 136:2001 p. 8.15
PN-EN 136:2001 p. 8.16
PN-EN 136:2001/AC:2004
PN-EN 136:2001/AC:2004 NO-42-A214:2017 p. 5.11
PN-EN 136:2001/Ap1:2003
PN-EN 140:2001 p. 7.12
PN-EN 140:2001/Ap1:2003
PN-EN 14387:2021-07 p. 5.11
PN-EN 14387:2021-07 p. 5.12.1, 5.12.2, 6.6 NO-42-A205:2009 p.3.2.4 NO-42-A205:2009/A1:2025
PN-EN 14387:2021-07 p. 5.13.2
PN-EN 143:2021-07 p. 6.11
PN-EN 143:2021-07 p. 6.12
PN-EN 143:2021-07 p.6.12
PN-EN 149+A1:2010 p. 8.11
PN-EN 149+A1:2010 p. 8.5
PN-EN 149+A1:2010 p. 8.9