BS 4591:1990
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Method for determination of distillation characteristics of organic liquids (other than petroleum products)
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English
28-02-1990
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National foreword
Committees responsible
Method
1. Scope and field of application
2. References
3. Definitions
4. Principle
5. Apparatus
6. Sampling
7. Procedure
8. Corrections to barometer readings
9. Temperature corrections
10. Expression of results
11. Test report
Tables
1. Sampling temperatures
2. Correction of barometer readings to 0 deg C
Fortin barometer with brass scale
3. Correction of barometer readings to standard gravity
Figures
1. Assembly of distillation apparatus (5.1)
2. Distillation flask (5.1.1)
3. Distillation receiver (5.1.3)
4. Condenser (5.1.4)
5. Draught screen (5.1.5)
Apparatus, procedure and correction and reporting of results.
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W/-
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| DevelopmentNote |
Also numbered as ISO 918 Supersedes 82/55423 DC and BS 4591(1971) (08/2005) Reviewed & Confirmed by BSI, July 2017. (06/2017)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
16
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This International Standard specifies an apparatus and method for the determination of distillation characteristics of volatile organic liquids which (excluding petroleum products) having a boiling point in the range 30 to 300 °C approximately and are stable during distillation in atmospheric conditions.
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