Notice on a prototype of a new test chamber for rubber infill evaluation

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes,J.F.P.
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Mota,H. I., Bordado,J.C.M., Baião,M., Sarmento,G.M., Fernandes,J., Pampulim,V. M., Custódio,M. L., Veloso,I.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-83122010000100010
• topic: Artificial Turf; Toxicological Assessment; Test chamber

A test chamber was projected and built (according to ISO 16000-9 Standard) to simulate atmospheric conditions experienced by rubber infill (when applied in synthetic turf pitches) and measure accurately the different leachates as well as emission parameters. This procedure is to be considered as a technical option to the lysimeter “global turf system evaluation” when the rubber infill alone is to be evaluated. The advantage of the proposed option considering this “Test Chamber” is its simplicity and economy. This test chamber is actually installed and being used for tests in LAIST.