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Lead stabilized uPVC potable pipe: Extraction results under NSF standard number 61
Author(s) -
Mitchener Gary R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of vinyl technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1548-0585
pISSN - 0193-7197
DOI - 10.1002/vnl.730140106
Subject(s) - extraction (chemistry) , potable water , lead (geology) , environmental science , environmental engineering , chemistry , geology , chromatography , geomorphology
Lead stabilized uPVC potable water pipe was successfully formulated and produced to comply with the health effects criteria established by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF). The maximum allowable level (MAL) of lead extraction, from products that come in contact with drinking water, is specified in the new NSF Standard Number 61 as 5.0 µg/L (or, 5 parts per billion, ppb). Samples of uPVC pipe stabilized with 0.3 phr (parts per hundred parts of resin) of tribasic lead sulfate stabilizer were tested in accordance with the procedures of NSF Standard Number 61, and the extraction results were all below 2 ppb lead at both pH 5 and pH 10. Continued, daily extractions showed that the amount of lead released into drinking water fell below quantitation levels within one week, in agreement with previous findings reported in the scientific literature. Thus, lead stabilized uPVC potable water pipe has been shown to be safe and in compliance with established health effects criteria.