DETERMINATION OF EXEMPT AND PROHIBITED COMPOUNDS IN CONSUMER PRODUCTSBY HEADSPACE GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY

Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Division 3, Chapter 1, Subch apter 8.5, Articles 1 and 2, Sections 94500-94517 specify limits for v olatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a wide variety of consumer product s. However, under these regulations, specific compounds that have been shown to contribute little to the formation of ozone in the lower atm osphere are exempt from the definition of VOC. A headspace sampling an d analysis method has been developed for the analyses of these compoun ds in consumer products. This method has been used successfully for an alyzing aerosol and non-aerosol products.