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BS ISO 3794:1976

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Essential oils (containing tertiary alcohols). Estimation of free alcohols content by determination of ester value after acetylation

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English

Published date

15-09-2001

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Committee
W/-
DevelopmentNote
Reviewed and Confirmed by BSI, May 2007. (04/2007)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
8
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

This International Standard specifies a method for estimating the free alcohols content of essential oils, by determination of ester value after acetylation.1)

This method is applicable to essential oils containing an appreciable proportion of tertiary alcohols, namely of linalol and terpineol, ISO/R 1241 not being applicable to those oils.

This method is not applicable to essential oils containing appreciable proportions of phenols, anthranilates, lactones and aldehydes, as stated in ISO/R 1241.

Standards Relationship
ISO 3794:1976 Identical

ISO 1241:1996 Essential oils Determination of ester values, before and after acetylation, and evaluation of the contents of free and total alcohols
ISO 212:2007 Essential oils Sampling
ISO 709:2001 Essential oils Determination of ester value
ISO 356:1996 Essential oils Preparation of test samples

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