--- title: RoHS/REACH Questions Answered by TÜV Rheinland Experts, Part 4 description: "There is no such thing as grinding up an entire product and analyzing what is in it. Here’s why: You can’t identify which homogeneous material are present. If a product tested ‘hot’ for lead, cadmium or Bromine, you would never know where to find that in your BOM list." image: https://insights.tuv.com/hubfs/Blog/professor.jpg --- [![TUV Rheinland](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/TUEVRL-516low.jpg?width=388&height=432&name=TUEVRL-516low.jpg "TUV Rheinland")](https://apac.tuv.com/blog) Connect with us [![linkedin](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/linkedin-grey.png?width=24&name=linkedin-grey.png) ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tuv-rheinland-asia) [![linkedin_af](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/linkedin_af-grey.png?width=24&name=linkedin_af-grey.png) ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tuv-rheinland-africa/) [![twitter](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/twitter-grey.png?width=24&name=twitter-grey.png) ](https://twitter.com/tuvcom_asia) [![youtube](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/youtube-grey.png?width=24&name=youtube-grey.png) ](https://www.youtube.com/user/tuvrheinlandag) [**](https://insights.tuv.com/blog/rohs-reach-questions-answered-by-t%C3%BCv-rheinland-experts-part-4#left-menu) - [Home](https://apac.tuv.com/blog) - [About Us](https://www.tuv.com/en/corporate/about_us_1/facts_figures_1/facts_figures.html) - [Contact Us](https://apac.tuv.com/contact-us) Connect with us [![linkedin](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/linkedin-grey.png?width=24&name=linkedin-grey.png) ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tuv-rheinland-asia) [![linkedin_af](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/linkedin_af-grey.png?width=24&name=linkedin_af-grey.png) ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tuv-rheinland-africa/) [![twitter](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/twitter-grey.png?width=24&name=twitter-grey.png) ](https://twitter.com/tuvcom_asia) [![youtube](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/youtube-grey.png?width=24&name=youtube-grey.png) ](https://www.youtube.com/user/tuvrheinlandag) ![TÜV Rheinland Blog - Insights from Asia and Africa](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tuv-apac-blog-banner.jpg?width=1440&name=tuv-apac-blog-banner.jpg "TÜV Rheinland Blog - Insights from Asia and Africa") # RoHS/REACH Questions Answered by TÜV Rheinland Experts, Part 4 Posted by [TUV Rheinland](https://insights.tuv.com/blog/author/tuv-rheinland) on Jan 29, 2016 8:00:00 AM ![TUV Rheinland](https://insights.tuv.com/hubfs/Images/TRlogo2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) #### **Does REACH testing require grinding up my entire product?** No! There is no such thing as grinding up an entire product and analyzing what is in it. Here’s why: You can’t identify which homogeneous material are present. If a product tested ‘hot’ for lead, cadmium or Bromine, you would never know where to find that in your BOM list.  ![professor.jpg](https://insights.tuv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/professor.jpg?width=711&height=473&name=professor.jpg "professor.jpg") REACH is a little different from RoHS, because we’re looking for greater than or less than 0.1% by weight of the article.  **What are the steps?** First we need to define the article: Is it a component that retains a shape, surface or design of its own.? If so, that’s an article. **Next step**: Grind it up into a homogeneous material for a REACH sample and go through organics and non-organics to find out if there are any SVHCs above or below 0.1% by weight of the product. This is mostly done with polymers, not with alloys. With alloys, we perform non-destructive testing for cadmium. If we find cadmium, we have to perform organic testing to find out if it’s one of the cadmium oxides on the SVHC list. It’s a very simple process (usually taking less than 2 weeks), making it easy to stay up-to-date every six months instead of having to go back to your supply chain. Please visit **[our website](http://www.tuv.com/en/singapore/services_sg/product_testing_sg/chemical_environment_alanalysis_sg/reach_sg/reach.html)** for more information on REACH compliance. If you are interested to find out more, do drop us a note by leaving us with your contact information **[here](https://insights.tuv.com/contact-us)** and one of our experts will be speaking to you shortly.   [![Contact us now](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/1863753/0fae3017-3d87-4bbc-a5d8-21bde1eba5bb.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/1863753/0fae3017-3d87-4bbc-a5d8-21bde1eba5bb) Topics: [reach](https://insights.tuv.com/blog/topic/reach) ### Get the Latest Insight from TÜV Rheinland © 2024 TÜV Rheinland ![](https://dc.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=428209&fmt=gif)