Foreword
Introduction
Hauptteil
Scope
Normative references
Terms and definitions
Principle
Reagents
Apparatus
Procedure
Preparation of the inoculum
Preparation of the sea sand
Preparation of test material and reference material
Starting up the test
Measurement of the evolved carbon dioxide
Incubation period
Termination of the test
Calculation
Theoretical amount of carbon dioxide evolved by test material
Percentage biodegradation
Expression and interpretation of results
Validity of results
Test report
Basic principle of the test (informative)
Example of an apparatus using an electrically heated composting vessel (informative)
Derivation of the formula used to calculate the degree of biodegradation from the amount of carbon dioxide evolved (informative)
Bibliography