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IS Number

IS 548 : Part 1 : 1964

Title :-Methods of sampling and test for oils and facts: Part I Methods of sampling, physical and chemical tests

Unit Price

Status

Amendment

Reaffirmed

Gr 11

Active

5

2006

Page Size

No. of Pages

Tech. Committee

 

A5

64

FAD 44

 

UDC 665.3 : 543


Revised Standard from Last Update

1 Scope

1.1 This standard lays down the methods of sampling and test for individual oils, fats and fatty materials. It contains definitions of terms used in trade and industry and prescribes the methods for determining moisture, insoluble impurities, acid value and free fatty acids, unsaponifiable matter, melting point, refractive index, specific gravity, titre of mixed fatty acids, colour, iodine value (Wijs), saponification value, acetyl value and hydroxyl value, allyl isothiocyanate content, Reichert-Meissl value and Polenske value.

1.2 Test methods, neither prescribed in this standard nor specified in standards for individual materials, shall be subject to agreement between the purchaser and the supplier.

1.3 Should any inconsistency be found to exist between the methods prescribed in this standard and those prescribed in the standard for an individual material, the latter shall prevail.

2 References

IS 170 : 1950 Specification for Acetone

IS 250 : 1953 Specification for Pottasium Bichromate, Technical and Analytical Reagent

IS 265 : 1950 Specification for Hydrocholric Acid

IS 321 : 1952 Specification for Ethyl Alcohol (Absolute Alcohol)

IS 1459 : 1959 Specifications for Kerosines

IS 1745 : 1961 Specification for Petroleum Hydrocarbon Solvents