scope:

This European Standard specifies the sampling and analytical requirements for the determination of particulate diesel engine exhaust emissions in workplace atmospheres. Time weighed average mass concentrations are measured for the components of particulate diesel engine exhaust emissions (i.e. OC, EC, TC). This European Standard enables users to select a procedure to determine occupational exposure to DPM according to a uniform approach and to obtain directly comparable results. It is the responsibility of users to ascertain that the requirements of EN 482 under the given laboratory conditions are fulfilled.